mácula
[ˈmakula]
The verdict
“mácula” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,230 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,230
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mancha amarilla en la retina, que incluye la fóvea y que contiene gran cantidad de conos para la percepción de los colores.
Corpus desk
Index ES-macula · mácula · Spanish
mácula · rank #81,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,230
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH módica
Nearest frequency peer: módica (+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 “mácula”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- mudaba
mudaba
18,777 corpus weight
- muerdes
muerdes
18,776 corpus weight
- mácula
mácula
18,771 corpus weight
- módica
módica
18,770 corpus weight
- nacionaliza…
nacionalizadas
18,769 corpus weight
- naufragado
naufragado
18,766 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mácula” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mácula |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmakula] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mácula” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mácula is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,230 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmakula]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mácula in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is mácula, spelled M-Á-C-U-L-A.
Definition
- 1Mancha amarilla en la retina, que incluye la fóvea y que contiene gran cantidad de conos para la percepción de los colores.
- 2Marca o señal que deja la suciedad en alguna cosa.
- 3Acto contrario a la ética, el honor o las buenas costumbres.
- 4Acción de hacer trampa o engañar.
- 5Cada una de las partes obscuras que se observan en el disco del Sol o de la Luna.
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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