Macaya
[maˈkaʝa]
The verdict
“Macaya” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,155 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,155
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Macaya |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [maˈkaʝa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,155 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Macaya” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Macaya is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,155 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [maˈkaʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
Macaya has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Macaya, spelled M-A-C-A-Y-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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 “Macaya”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-C-A-Y-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈkaʝa] (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.