marikina
"marikina" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“marikina” is uncommon English (frequency #81,541 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,541
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A small marmoset, the golden lion tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marikina |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #81,541 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marikina” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
marikina is uncommon English at frequency #81,541 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A small marmoset, the golden lion tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia.".
marikina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the native name: compare mariquinha. The correct English form is marikina, spelled M-A-R-I-K-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1A small marmoset, the golden lion tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia.
Etymology
From the native name: compare mariquinha.
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 “marikina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-R-I-K-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.