Macarena
/ˌmækəˈɹeɪnə/
"macarena" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Macarena” is uncommon English (frequency #56,888 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,888
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A particular line dance with a set of simple arm movements and exaggerated hip motion performed to a fast Latin rhythm.
Corpus desk
Index EN-macarena · Macarena · English
Macarena · rank #56,888 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,888
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Lyles
Nearest frequency peer: Lyles (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Macarena”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Luttrell
Luttrell
43,117 corpus weight
- Lyles
Lyles
43,115 corpus weight
- Macarena
Macarena
43,113 corpus weight
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43,110 corpus weight
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43,109 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Macarena” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| 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
Rare enough to double-check
Macarena is uncommon English at frequency #56,888 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌmækəˈɹeɪnə/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Macarena appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Oh yeah, they were doing the Macarena up and down Saint Peter’s back in twelve ninety-two.
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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