mete
[ˈmet̪e]
The verdict
“mete” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #4,923) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #4,923
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de meter o de meterse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-mete · mete · Spanish
mete · rank #4,923 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,923
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mensual
Nearest frequency peer: mensual (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “mete”
Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo
- matan
matan
95,081 corpus weight
- Medellín
Medellín
95,080 corpus weight
- mensual
mensual
95,079 corpus weight
- mete
mete
95,078 corpus weight
- Monterrey
Monterrey
95,076 corpus weight
- mostrando
mostrando
95,075 corpus weight
What this shows Las barras sitúan “mete” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.
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 | mete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmet̪e] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “mete”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for mete is neighbouring look-alikes ("mit", "mie", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced [ˈmet̪e]. Frequency #4,923 among 3,868 “M” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for mete, with forms such as "emte", "mette", and "mmete". 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, "mit", "mie", "meu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 mete, spelled M-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de meter o de meterse.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de meter.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emte
- mette
- mmete
- mtee
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mete - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mete", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).