merengue

/mɨ.ˈɾẽ.ɡɨ/

//mɨ.ˈɾẽ.ɡɨ// noun

The verdict

“merengue” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,044. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,044
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bolo feito com claras de ovo batidas com açúcar e com recheio

Corpus desk

Index PT-merengue · merengue · Portuguese

merengue · rank #29,044 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,044
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH militarmente

Nearest frequency peer: militarmente (+4 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “merengue”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “merengue” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for merengue
PropertyValue
Headwordmerengue
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɨ.ˈɾẽ.ɡɨ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#29,044
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “merengue”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).merenguecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “militarmente” (#29,048), “mamã” (#29,037), “minucioso” (#29,051). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “merengue” fica em #29,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around merengue (IPA /mɨ.ˈɾẽ.ɡɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,044 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bolo feito com claras de ovo batidas com açúcar e com recheio".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for merengue, with forms such as "emrengue", "meerngue", and "meregnue". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is merengue, spelled M-E-R-E-N-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    bolo feito com claras de ovo batidas com açúcar e com recheio

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrengue
  • meerngue
  • meregnue
  • merengeu
  • merenggue
  • merenngue
  • merenuge
  • mernegue
  • merrengue
  • mmerengue
  • mreengue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of merengue - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emrengue2meerngue2meregnue2merengeu2merenggue1merenngue1merenuge2mernegue2
Edit distance from "merengue"

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "merengue"?
"merengue" is spelled M-E-R-E-N-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is /mɨ.ˈɾẽ.ɡɨ/.
What does "merengue" mean?
As a noun, "merengue" means: bolo feito com claras de ovo batidas com açúcar e com recheio
What are common misspellings of "merengue"?
Common misspellings include "emrengue", "meerngue", "meregnue", "merengeu", "merenggue". The correct spelling is "merengue".
How do you pronounce "merengue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merengue" is /mɨ.ˈɾẽ.ɡɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merengue" come from?
"merengue" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "merengue", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list