mar

/[ˈmaɾ]/ noun

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#674

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mar is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cuerpo de agua salada que rodea los continentes de la Tierra. Pronounced [ˈmaɾ]. It ranks #674 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mi and mm.

Key facts for mar
PropertyValue
Headwordmar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmaɾ]
Letters3
Frequency rank#674
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mar is 3 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #674 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for mar in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mi", "mm", "my", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is mar, spelled M-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cuerpo de agua salada que rodea los continentes de la Tierra.
  2. 2
    Cada una de las divisiones que se hacen al mar₁, frecuentemente en función de los accidentes geográficos.
  3. 3
    División del mar₁ que por su extensión no alcanza la categoría de océano.
  4. 4
    Lago grande y de agua salada.
  5. 5
    Figuradamente, gran cantidad de algo.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #674 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mar"?
"mar" is spelled M-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaɾ].
What does "mar" mean?
As a noun, "mar" means: Cuerpo de agua salada que rodea los continentes de la Tierra.
What words are commonly confused with "mar"?
"mar" is commonly confused with "mi", "mm", "my". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mar" is [ˈmaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mar" come from?
"mar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.