araña de mar
[aˈɾaɲa ð̞e ˈmaɾ]
The verdict
“araña de mar” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Pycnogonida) Especie de crustáceo de pequeño tamaño, que habita en playas y fondos poco profundos, en cuya arena se entierra casi por completo, por lo que resulta difícil detectarlas. Su picadura ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | araña de mar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [aˈɾaɲa ð̞e ˈmaɾ] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “araña de mar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for araña de mar is 12 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈɾaɲa ð̞e ˈmaɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for araña de mar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is araña de mar, spelled A-R-A-Ñ-A- -D-E- -M-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1(Pycnogonida) Especie de crustáceo de pequeño tamaño, que habita en playas y fondos poco profundos, en cuya arena se entierra casi por completo, por lo que resulta difícil detectarlas. Su picadura es muy dolorosa.
- 2(Trachinus draco) Pez traquínido de cuerpo uniforme, aplastado por el vientre, y cabeza grande al igual que sus ojos y la boca. Su primera aleta anal es muy larga y llega casi hasta la unión de los pectorales. Los primeros cinco radios de la aleta dorsal están unidos a una glándula que inocula una toxina capaz de provocar inflamación, enrojecimiento local, fiebre, vómitos y dolor intenso. Su longitud no suele sobrepasar de los 50 cm. Vive en aguas del Mediterráneo, cerca de la costa en fondos arenosos o fangosos. Es muy solitario. Se entierra en el fondo de la arena asomando los ojos y la espina dorsal a la espera de presas para atacar. Se reproduce en primavera y en verano, siendo esta época cuando más se acerca a la orilla.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-A-Ñ-A- -D-E- -M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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