mermelada
[meɾmeˈlað̞a]
The verdict
“mermelada” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #16,156 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,156
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Conserva de frutas u otros vegetales picados y mezclados con azúcar o miel. La mezcla se hace hervir y se revuelve hasta convertirla en una sustancia viscosa (a causa de la pectina) que puede conte...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mermelada |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɾmeˈlað̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,156 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mermelada” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mermelada is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meɾmeˈlað̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,156 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Conserva de frutas u otros vegetales picados y mezclados con azúcar o miel. La mezcla se hace hervir y se revuelve hasta convertirla en una sustancia viscosa (a causa de la pectina) que puede conte...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for mermelada, with forms such as "emrmelada", "memrelada", and "meremlada". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is mermelada, spelled M-E-R-M-E-L-A-D-A.
Definition
- 1Conserva de frutas u otros vegetales picados y mezclados con azúcar o miel. La mezcla se hace hervir y se revuelve hasta convertirla en una sustancia viscosa (a causa de la pectina) que puede contener pequeños trozos de fruta.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emrmelada,memrelada,meremlada,mermealda,mermelaad,mermeladda,mermeldaa,mermellada,mermleada,mermmelada,merrmelada,mmermelada,mremelada
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mermelada - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “mermelada”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-R-M-E-L-A-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [meɾmeˈlað̞a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.