macarra
[maˈkara]
The verdict
“macarra” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,428 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,428
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona (normalmente del sexo masculino) que lucra con el ejercicio sexual de terceros.
Corpus desk
Index ES-macarra · macarra · Spanish
macarra · rank #77,428 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,428
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH maj
Nearest frequency peer: maj (+2 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 “macarra”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Lizana
Lizana
22,579 corpus weight
- macarra
macarra
22,573 corpus weight
- maj
maj
22,571 corpus weight
- malabarista
malabarista
22,570 corpus weight
- maltrataron
maltrataron
22,569 corpus weight
- Mancebo
Mancebo
22,567 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “macarra” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macarra |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈkara] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,428 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “macarra” en español
Rare enough to double-check
macarra is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,428 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈkara]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persona (normalmente del sexo masculino) que lucra con el ejercicio sexual de terceros.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for macarra, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is macarra, spelled M-A-C-A-R-R-A.
Definition
- 1Persona (normalmente del sexo masculino) que lucra con el ejercicio sexual de terceros.
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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