merodear

/[meɾoð̞eˈaɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#94,360

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

merodear is aSpanishverb. It means: Apartarse algunos soldados del cuerpo en que marchan, a reconocer en los caseríos y el campo lo que pueden coger o robar. Pronounced [meɾoð̞eˈaɾ].

Key facts for merodear
PropertyValue
Headwordmerodear
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[meɾoð̞eˈaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#94,360
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of merodear in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for merodear is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meɾoð̞eˈaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,360 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for merodear in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is merodear, spelled M-E-R-O-D-E-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apartarse algunos soldados del cuerpo en que marchan, a reconocer en los caseríos y el campo lo que pueden coger o robar.
  2. 2
    Por extensión, andar deambulando por un lugar, robando y saqueando todo lo que aparece por doquier.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #94,360 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "merodear"?
"merodear" is spelled M-E-R-O-D-E-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [meɾoð̞eˈaɾ].
What does "merodear" mean?
As a verb, "merodear" means: Apartarse algunos soldados del cuerpo en que marchan, a reconocer en los caseríos y el campo lo que pueden coger o robar.
How do you pronounce "merodear"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merodear" is [meɾoð̞eˈaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merodear" come from?
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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.