meritocracia
[meɾit̪oˈkɾasja]
The verdict
“meritocracia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,697 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,697
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gobierno de aquellos que llegan al poder por sus méritos o talento, conocimientos técnicos y habilidades profesionales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-meritocracia · meritocracia · Spanish
meritocracia · rank #53,697 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,697
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mereciera
Nearest frequency peer: mereciera (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “meritocracia”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- memos
memos
46,307 corpus weight
- mensajera
mensajera
46,306 corpus weight
- mereciera
mereciera
46,305 corpus weight
- meritocracia
meritocracia
46,304 corpus weight
- Mery
Mery
46,303 corpus weight
- metanfetami…
metanfetamina
46,302 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “meritocracia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meritocracia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɾit̪oˈkɾasja] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #53,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “meritocracia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
meritocracia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,697 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [meɾit̪oˈkɾasja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gobierno de aquellos que llegan al poder por sus méritos o talento, conocimientos técnicos y habilidades profesionales.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for meritocracia in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is meritocracia, spelled M-E-R-I-T-O-C-R-A-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Gobierno de aquellos que llegan al poder por sus méritos o talento, conocimientos técnicos y habilidades profesionales.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how meritocracia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La meritocracia se implanta para superar una segregación vertical y horizontal que perjudica a las mujeres
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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