macumba
[maˈkũmba]
The verdict
“macumba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,065 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,065
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ceremonia fetichista de origen africano con influencias cristianas, acompañada de danzas y cantos al son del tambor.
Corpus desk
Index ES-macumba · macumba · Spanish
macumba · rank #89,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,065
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH maco
Nearest frequency peer: maco (-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 “macumba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- lográndose
lográndose
10,940 corpus weight
- macabeos
macabeos
10,938 corpus weight
- maco
maco
10,937 corpus weight
- macumba
macumba
10,936 corpus weight
- mainland
mainland
10,933 corpus weight
- maire
maire
10,931 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “macumba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “macumba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
macumba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,065 among 3,868 “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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