Mesta
[ˈmest̪a]
The verdict
“Mesta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,113 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,113
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Antigua corporación del reino de España, creada por Alfonso X en 1273 y abolida en 1836, que reunía a los pastores de León y Castilla, otorgándole prerrogativas y privilegios para favorecer el ejer...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mesta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈmest̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #72,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mesta” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mesta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,113 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈmest̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Antigua corporación del reino de España, creada por Alfonso X en 1273 y abolida en 1836, que reunía a los pastores de León y Castilla, otorgándole prerrogativas y privilegios para favorecer el ejer...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mesta, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Mesta, spelled M-E-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Antigua corporación del reino de España, creada por Alfonso X en 1273 y abolida en 1836, que reunía a los pastores de León y Castilla, otorgándole prerrogativas y privilegios para favorecer el ejercicio de la ganadería.
Synonyms
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 “Mesta”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmest̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.