macumba
[maˈkũmba]
The verdict
“macumba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,065 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,065
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ceremonia fetichista de origen africano con influencias cristianas, acompañada de danzas y cantos al son del tambor.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | macumba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈkũmba] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #89,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “macumba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
macumba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,065 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈkũmba]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ceremonia fetichista de origen africano con influencias cristianas, acompañada de danzas y cantos al son del tambor.".
macumba doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is macumba, spelled M-A-C-U-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1Ceremonia fetichista de origen africano con influencias cristianas, acompañada de danzas y cantos al son del tambor.
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 “macumba”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-C-U-M-B-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈkũmba] (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.