macaco
[maˈkako]
The verdict
“macaco” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,192 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,192
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Macaca spp) Género de primates de la familia de los cercopitédos (monos del antiguo continente), que incluye unas veintidós especies dispersas desde Japón hasta el Medio Oriente y el norte de África.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macaco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈkako] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “macaco” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
macaco is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,192 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈkako]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for macaco, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is macaco, spelled M-A-C-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1(Macaca spp) Género de primates de la familia de los cercopitédos (monos del antiguo continente), que incluye unas veintidós especies dispersas desde Japón hasta el Medio Oriente y el norte de África.
- 2Persona de rasgos poco atractivos o deformes.
- 3Persona exigente o difícil de complacer, en particular en cuanto a comidas.
- 4Propio, natural de o relativo a Brasil.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “macaco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-C-A-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈkako] (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.