macá
[maˈka]
The verdict
“macá” 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
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ave acuática palmípeda (con dedos unidos por una membrana), semejante al pato, que vuela arrastrándose a flor de agua, llevando sus crías sobre el lomo. Es el nombre común de varias especies que ha...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macá |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈka] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “macá” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for macá is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈka]. 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: "Ave acuática palmípeda (con dedos unidos por una membrana), semejante al pato, que vuela arrastrándose a flor de agua, llevando sus crías sobre el lomo. Es el nombre común de varias especies que ha...".
macá doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is macá, spelled M-A-C-Á.
Definition
- 1Ave acuática palmípeda (con dedos unidos por una membrana), semejante al pato, que vuela arrastrándose a flor de agua, llevando sus crías sobre el lomo. Es el nombre común de varias especies que habitan en zonas de lagos, de la familia de los podicipédidos.
Synonyms
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.
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Using “macá”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-C-Á - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈka] (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.