Macaya
[maˈkaʝa]
The verdict
“Macaya” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,155 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,155
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-macaya · Macaya · Spanish
Macaya · rank #81,155 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,155
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH lícitos
Nearest frequency peer: lícitos (-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 “Macaya”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- lujuriosa
lujuriosa
18,850 corpus weight
- lujurioso
lujurioso
18,849 corpus weight
- lícitos
lícitos
18,848 corpus weight
- Macaya
Macaya
18,846 corpus weight
- maderables
maderables
18,843 corpus weight
- maharajá
maharajá
18,842 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Macaya” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “Macaya” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Macaya is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,155 among 3,868 “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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