maraca
ma·ra·ca/məˈɹæ.kə/noun
maraca is spelled M-A-R-A-C-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables (ma·ra·ca). It appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, maraca means “A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of maraca is maracas.
How many letters and syllables are in maraca?
| Letters | 6: M-A-R-A-C-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ma·ra·ca |
| In writing | about once in every 22 million words; the 143,405th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is maraca?
Maraca appears about once in every 22 million words in written English, the 143,405th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce maraca?
- US /məˈɹæ.kə/
- US /məˈɹɑ.kə/
Maraca has 3 syllables, split ma·ra·ca in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-maraca.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with maraca?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as maraca from its last stressed vowel (/ækə/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of maraca
- maracas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does maraca mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Latin American percussion instrument consisting of a hollow-gourd rattle containing pebbles or beans and often played in pairs, as a rhythm instrument.
- 2
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Maraca in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a Latin American rhythm instrument:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does maraca come from?
From Brazilian Portuguese maraca, derived from Old Tupi maraká or Paraguayan Guarani mbaraka (“rattle”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).