merluzo
[meɾˈluso]
The verdict
“merluzo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona de género masculino de escasa inteligencia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-merluzo · merluzo · Spanish
merluzo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | merluzo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɾˈluso] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “merluzo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
merluzo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [meɾˈluso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persona de género masculino de escasa inteligencia.".
merluzo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is merluzo, spelled M-E-R-L-U-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Persona de género masculino de escasa inteligencia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how merluzo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Este pobre imbécil se lo ha creído. ¡Valiente merluzo!
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.