San Marino
/ˌsæn məˈɹiː.nəʊ/
"san-marino" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“San Marino” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy. Official name: Republic of San Marino.
Corpus desk
Index EN-san-marino · San Marino · English
San Marino · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | San Marino |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌsæn məˈɹiː.nəʊ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “San Marino” in English
Rare enough to double-check
San Marino is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˌsæn məˈɹiː.nəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for San Marino, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian San Marino (“Saint Marinus”). The correct English form is San Marino, spelled S-A-N- -M-A-R-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1A landlocked microstate in Southern Europe, located within the borders of Italy. Official name: Republic of San Marino.
- 2The capital city of San Marino.
- 3A city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, North America.
Etymology
From Italian San Marino (“Saint Marinus”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.