macana
[maˈkana]
The verdict
“macana” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,350 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,350
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vara o bastón de madera pesada, a veces guarecida de pedernal, que los caribes y otros pueblos de la región empleaban como arma.
Corpus desk
Index ES-macana · macana · Spanish
macana · rank #54,350 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,350
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH Maddie
Nearest frequency peer: Maddie (+1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “macana”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Lorna
Lorna
45,657 corpus weight
- Luana
Luana
45,655 corpus weight
- macana
macana
45,651 corpus weight
- Maddie
Maddie
45,650 corpus weight
- mak
mak
45,649 corpus weight
- manchan
manchan
45,647 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “macana” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈkana] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,350 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “macana” en español
Rare enough to double-check
macana is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,350 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈkana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for macana, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is macana, spelled M-A-C-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Vara o bastón de madera pesada, a veces guarecida de pedernal, que los caribes y otros pueblos de la región empleaban como arma.
- 2Por extensión, bastón grueso o garrote
- 3Porra de goma utilizada por las fuerzas de seguridad para reducir a los detenidos o controlar tumultos.
- 4Figuradamente, pene.
- 5Error que produce un contratiempo.
- 6Afirmación desatinada, falaz o engañosa
- 7Comentario jocoso o humorístico.
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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