bloody mary

[ˈbloð̞i ˈmeɾi]

/[ˈbloð̞i ˈmeɾi]/ noun

The verdict

“bloody mary” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Cóctel hecho principalmente con vodka, jugo de tomate, sal, pimienta, salsa Worcestershire, salsa Tabasco, hielo, apio y jugo de limón.

Key facts for bloody mary
PropertyValue
Headwordbloody mary
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbloð̞i ˈmeɾi]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bloody mary” sits in Spanish frequency

bloody mary falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bloody mary is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbloð̞i ˈmeɾi]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cóctel hecho principalmente con vodka, jugo de tomate, sal, pimienta, salsa Worcestershire, salsa Tabasco, hielo, apio y jugo de limón.".

No misspelling variants are generated for bloody mary 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 bloody mary, spelled B-L-O-O-D-Y- -M-A-R-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cóctel hecho principalmente con vodka, jugo de tomate, sal, pimienta, salsa Worcestershire, salsa Tabasco, hielo, apio y jugo de limón.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bloody mary"?
"bloody mary" is spelled B-L-O-O-D-Y- -M-A-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbloð̞i ˈmeɾi].
What does "bloody mary" mean?
As a noun, "bloody mary" means: Cóctel hecho principalmente con vodka, jugo de tomate, sal, pimienta, salsa Worcestershire, salsa Tabasco, hielo, apio y jugo de limón.
How do you pronounce "bloody mary"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bloody mary" is [ˈbloð̞i ˈmeɾi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bloody mary" come from?
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Using “bloody mary”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is B-L-O-O-D-Y- -M-A-R-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈbloð̞i ˈmeɾi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

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