# Meléndez vs Menéndez

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### Meléndez
*name · IPA [meˈlẽn̪d̪es] · frequency rank #26,143*
Apellido

### Menéndez
*name · IPA [meˈnẽn̪d̪es] · frequency rank #14,403*
Apellido.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/melendez-vs-menendez