merman
[ˈmeɾmãn]
The verdict
“merman” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,995 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,995
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de mermar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-merman · merman · Spanish
merman · rank #85,995 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,995
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH merodeador
Nearest frequency peer: merodeador (+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 “merman”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- meretrices
meretrices
14,009 corpus weight
- meritorios
meritorios
14,008 corpus weight
- merman
merman
14,006 corpus weight
- merodeador
merodeador
14,005 corpus weight
- meteórico
meteórico
14,003 corpus weight
- minados
minados
14,002 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “merman” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | merman |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmeɾmãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,995 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “merman” en español
Rare enough to double-check
merman is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,995 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmeɾmãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de mermar.".
merman has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is merman, spelled M-E-R-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo 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.
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