muérdago
[ˈmweɾð̞aɣ̞o]
The verdict
“muérdago” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,201 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,201
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre común de varias especies botánicas, en particular del Viscum album, planta semiparásita siempre verde, de hojas carnosas, flores amarillas y frutos blancuzcos, que vive sobre los troncos y r...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muérdago |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmweɾð̞aɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “muérdago” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
muérdago is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,201 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmweɾð̞aɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre común de varias especies botánicas, en particular del Viscum album, planta semiparásita siempre verde, de hojas carnosas, flores amarillas y frutos blancuzcos, que vive sobre los troncos y r...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for muérdago in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is muérdago, spelled M-U-É-R-D-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1Nombre común de varias especies botánicas, en particular del Viscum album, planta semiparásita siempre verde, de hojas carnosas, flores amarillas y frutos blancuzcos, que vive sobre los troncos y ramas de los árboles.
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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 “muérdago”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-U-É-R-D-A-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmweɾð̞aɣ̞o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.