macarrónico
[makaˈroniko]
The verdict
“macarrónico” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Referido a la manera de hablar un idioma, de forma marcadamente defectuosa, por ejemplo mezclando palabras y formas de pronunciación de otra lengua.
Corpus desk
Index ES-macarronico · macarrónico · Spanish
macarrónico · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | macarrónico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [makaˈroniko] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “macarrónico” en español
Rare enough to double-check
macarrónico is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [makaˈroniko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Referido a la manera de hablar un idioma, de forma marcadamente defectuosa, por ejemplo mezclando palabras y formas de pronunciación de otra lengua.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for macarrónico, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is macarrónico, spelled M-A-C-A-R-R-Ó-N-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Referido a la manera de hablar un idioma, de forma marcadamente defectuosa, por ejemplo mezclando palabras y formas de pronunciación de otra lengua.
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.