meseta

/[meˈset̪a]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,494

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

meseta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Extensión de terreno plano ubicada en cimas de una altura aproximada igual o mayor a 500 m sobre el nivel del mar. Pronounced [meˈset̪a]. Often confused with meta and mesita.

Key facts for meseta
PropertyValue
Headwordmeseta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[meˈset̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#19,494
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for meseta is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meˈset̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #19,494 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for meseta, with forms such as "emseta", "meceta", and "meesta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "meta", "mesita", "métete", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 meseta, spelled M-E-S-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extensión de terreno plano ubicada en cimas de una altura aproximada igual o mayor a 500 m sobre el nivel del mar.
  2. 2
    Área horizontal más amplia que un peldaño en que termina uno de los tramos de las escaleras.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emseta,meceta,meesta,meseat,mesetta,messeta,mestea,mmeseta,mseeta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for meseta

Misspelling Variants of "meseta"

emseta6meceta6meesta6meseat6mesetta7messeta7mestea6mmeseta7
Misspelling Variants of "meseta"

Frequency rank: #19,494 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meseta"?
"meseta" is spelled M-E-S-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈset̪a].
What does "meseta" mean?
As a noun, "meseta" means: Extensión de terreno plano ubicada en cimas de una altura aproximada igual o mayor a 500 m sobre el nivel del mar.
What words are commonly confused with "meseta"?
"meseta" is commonly confused with "meta", "mesita", "métete". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meseta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meseta" is [meˈset̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meseta" come from?
"meseta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.