merluza
[meɾˈlusa]
The verdict
“merluza” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #38,812 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,812
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cualquiera de los peces marinos del orden de los gadiformes, que a su vez consta de las familias Merlucciidae, Nototheniidae y Gadidae. Son de aguas superficiales y de tamaño mediano a grande.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | merluza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɾˈlusa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #38,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “merluza” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for merluza is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meɾˈlusa]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,812 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cualquiera de los peces marinos del orden de los gadiformes, que a su vez consta de las familias Merlucciidae, Nototheniidae y Gadidae. Son de aguas superficiales y de tamaño mediano a grande.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for merluza, with forms such as "emrluza", "melruza", and "merlluza". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "melaza", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is merluza, spelled M-E-R-L-U-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Cualquiera de los peces marinos del orden de los gadiformes, que a su vez consta de las familias Merlucciidae, Nototheniidae y Gadidae. Son de aguas superficiales y de tamaño mediano a grande.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emrluza,melruza,merlluza,merluaz,merluzza,merlzua,merrluza,merulza,mmerluza,mreluza
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of merluza - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “merluza”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-R-L-U-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [meɾˈlusa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “melaza” - see the side-by-side comparison. merluza vs melaza
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.