Macarena
/ˌmækəˈɹeɪnə/
"macarena" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Macarena” is an uncommon English word, ranked #56,888 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #56,888
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A particular line dance with a set of simple arm movements and exaggerated hip motion performed to a fast Latin rhythm.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Macarena |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌmækəˈɹeɪnə/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,888 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Macarena” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Macarena is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌmækəˈɹeɪnə/. Corpus data places it at rank #56,888 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A particular line dance with a set of simple arm movements and exaggerated hip motion performed to a fast Latin rhythm.".
Macarena doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the Spanish female given name Macarena, which is the title of a well-known song from 1993 by Spanish duo Los del Río. The correct English form is Macarena, spelled M-A-C-A-R-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1A particular line dance with a set of simple arm movements and exaggerated hip motion performed to a fast Latin rhythm.
Etymology
From the Spanish female given name Macarena, which is the title of a well-known song from 1993 by Spanish duo Los del Río.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Macarena”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-C-A-R-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌmækəˈɹeɪnə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.