mermar
[meɾˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“mermar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,681 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,681
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hacer que baje o disminuya la cantidad de algo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mermar · mermar · Spanish
mermar · rank #58,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,681
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH menosprecia
Nearest frequency peer: menosprecia (-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 “mermar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- mayúsculo
mayúsculo
41,327 corpus weight
- meada
meada
41,325 corpus weight
- menosprecia
menosprecia
41,321 corpus weight
- mermar
mermar
41,320 corpus weight
- Messina
Messina
41,319 corpus weight
- mim
mim
41,316 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mermar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mermar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [meɾˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #58,681 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mermar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mermar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,681 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [meɾˈmaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mermar, 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.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is mermar, spelled M-E-R-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que baje o disminuya la cantidad de algo.
- 2Quitar a uno parte de cierta cantidad que de derecho le corresponde.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mermar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Víctor Lezaeta reclamaba contra el exceso de lluvias que habían mermado sus cosechas.
Mermar la paga. mermar la ración.
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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