macabra

/[maˈkaβ̞ɾa]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,936

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

macabra is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del femenino de macabro. Pronounced [maˈkaβ̞ɾa]. Often confused with mataba and matará.

Key facts for macabra
PropertyValue
Headwordmacabra
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[maˈkaβ̞ɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,936
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of macabra in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for macabra is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈkaβ̞ɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,936 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del femenino de macabro.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for macabra, with forms such as "amcabra", "maacbra", and "macabar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "mataba", "matará", "marcaba", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 macabra, spelled M-A-C-A-B-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino de macabro.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amcabra,maacbra,macabar,macabbra,macabrra,macarba,macavra,macbara,maccabra,mcaabra,mmacabra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for macabra

Misspelling Variants of "macabra"

amcabra7maacbra7macabar7macabbra8macabrra8macarba7macavra7macbara7
Misspelling Variants of "macabra"

Frequency rank: #40,936 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "macabra"?
"macabra" is spelled M-A-C-A-B-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈkaβ̞ɾa].
What does "macabra" mean?
As an adj, "macabra" means: Forma del femenino de macabro.
What words are commonly confused with "macabra"?
"macabra" is commonly confused with "mataba", "matará", "marcaba". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "macabra"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "macabra" is [maˈkaβ̞ɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "macabra" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.