merlot
[meɾˈlot̪]
The verdict
“merlot” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,747 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,747
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variedad de uva de vinificación de color azul oscuro, que se utiliza tanto como uva de mezcla como para vinos varietales. Su suavidad y "carnosidad", combinadas con su maduración más temprana, la c...
Corpus desk
Index ES-merlot · merlot · Spanish
merlot · rank #61,747 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,747
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH merecidos
Nearest frequency peer: merecidos (-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 “merlot”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- mentimos
mentimos
38,257 corpus weight
- merci
merci
38,256 corpus weight
- merecidos
merecidos
38,255 corpus weight
- merlot
merlot
38,254 corpus weight
- metalero
metalero
38,253 corpus weight
- microscópica
microscópica
38,252 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “merlot” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | merlot |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɾˈlot̪] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #61,747 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “merlot” en español
Rare enough to double-check
merlot is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,747 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [meɾˈlot̪]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variedad de uva de vinificación de color azul oscuro, que se utiliza tanto como uva de mezcla como para vinos varietales. Su suavidad y "carnosidad", combinadas con su maduración más temprana, la c...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for merlot in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is merlot, spelled M-E-R-L-O-T.
Definition
- 1Variedad de uva de vinificación de color azul oscuro, que se utiliza tanto como uva de mezcla como para vinos varietales. Su suavidad y "carnosidad", combinadas con su maduración más temprana, la convierten en una uva popular para mezclar con la cabernet sauvignon, más dura y de maduración tardía, que tiende a tener mayor concentración de taninos.
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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