mesa
[ˈmesa]
The verdict
“mesa” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,058 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,058
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Mueble que consta de una superficie plana y horizontal sostenida por patas.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mesa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmesa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,058 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mesa” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mesa is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmesa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,058 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for mesa, with forms such as "emsa", "meas", and "messa". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mia", "Mrs", "met", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 mesa, spelled M-E-S-A.
Definition
- 1Mueble que consta de una superficie plana y horizontal sostenida por patas.
- 2Terreno elevado y llano de gran extensión.
- 3Mesa servida para sentarse a comer.
- 4Grupo de personas que preside una asamblea.
- 5Parte sin peldaños de la escalera, entre tramo y tramo.
- 6Parte plana en una gema tallada que es su cara principal.
- 7Renta que solía tener un obispo o arzobispo más sus territorios. Si se refería al maestre de una orden militar se llamaba mesa maestral.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emsa,meas,messa,mmesa,msea
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mesa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “mesa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmesa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mia” - see the side-by-side comparison. mesa vs mia
- 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.