mete

/[ˈmet̪e]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,923

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mete is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de meter o de meterse. Pronounced [ˈmet̪e]. It ranks #4,923 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mit and mie.

Key facts for mete
PropertyValue
Headwordmete
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmet̪e]
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,923
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mete is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmet̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,923 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for mete, with forms such as "emte", "mette", and "mmete". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mit", "mie", "meu", 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 mete, spelled M-E-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de meter o de meterse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de meter.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emte,mette,mmete,mtee

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mete

Misspelling Variants of "mete"

emte4mette5mmete5mtee4
Misspelling Variants of "mete"

Frequency rank: #4,923 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mete"?
"mete" is spelled M-E-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmet̪e].
What does "mete" mean?
As a verb, "mete" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de meter o de meterse.
What words are commonly confused with "mete"?
"mete" is commonly confused with "mit", "mie", "meu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mete"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mete" is [ˈmet̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mete" come from?
"mete" 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.