mermado

[meɾˈmað̞o]

/[meɾˈmað̞o]/ verb

The verdict

“mermado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,405 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,405
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participio de mermar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mermado · mermado · Spanish

mermado · rank #50,405 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,405
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH merecería

Nearest frequency peer: merecería (-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 “mermado”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mermado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mermado
PropertyValue
Headwordmermado
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[meɾˈmað̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#50,405
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “mermado” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).mermadocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “merecería” (#50,404), “mentado” (#50,403), “mico” (#50,407). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mermado” va en #50,405. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mermado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,405 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [meɾˈmað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Participio de mermar.".

mermado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is mermado, spelled M-E-R-M-A-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participio de mermar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mermado"?
"mermado" is spelled M-E-R-M-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [meɾˈmað̞o].
What does "mermado" mean?
As a verb, "mermado" means: Participio de mermar.
How do you pronounce "mermado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mermado" is [meɾˈmað̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mermado" come from?
"mermado" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mermado", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list