macadán
[makaˈð̞ãn]
The verdict
“macadán” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pavimento de balasto (grava y piedra machacada) y bitumen (hormigón bituminoso), que una vez tendido se comprime con rodillo empapado en agua.
Corpus desk
Index ES-macadan · macadán · Spanish
macadán · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macadán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [makaˈð̞ãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “macadán” en español
Rare enough to double-check
macadán is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [makaˈð̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pavimento de balasto (grava y piedra machacada) y bitumen (hormigón bituminoso), que una vez tendido se comprime con rodillo empapado en agua.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for macadán, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is macadán, spelled M-A-C-A-D-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Pavimento de balasto (grava y piedra machacada) y bitumen (hormigón bituminoso), que una vez tendido se comprime con rodillo empapado en agua.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.