malambo

[maˈlãmbo]

/[maˈlãmbo]/ noun

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The verdict

“malambo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,147 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,147
frequency rank, Spanish
36,142
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Baile tradicional de Argentina, de dos hombres y en donde el gaucho luce sus habilidades de danzante al son de la guitarra, que acompaña al escobillado de sus pies que apenas palpitan sobre la tier...

Key facts for malambo
PropertyValue
Headwordmalambo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈlãmbo]
Letters7
Frequency rank#83,147
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “malambo” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). malambo lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

malambo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,147 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈlãmbo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for malambo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is malambo, spelled M-A-L-A-M-B-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Baile tradicional de Argentina, de dos hombres y en donde el gaucho luce sus habilidades de danzante al son de la guitarra, que acompaña al escobillado de sus pies que apenas palpitan sobre la tierra. Es un baile de desafío para mostrar la agilidad y flexibilidad del cuerpo.
  2. 2
    Música que acompaña al malambo.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "malambo"?
"malambo" is spelled M-A-L-A-M-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈlãmbo].
What does "malambo" mean?
As a noun, "malambo" means: Baile tradicional de Argentina, de dos hombres y en donde el gaucho luce sus habilidades de danzante al son de la guitarra, que acompaña al escobillado de sus pies que apenas palpitan sobre la tier...
How do you pronounce "malambo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "malambo" is [maˈlãmbo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "malambo" come from?
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Using “malambo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-L-A-M-B-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [maˈlãmbo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words

Other uncommon Spanish words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list