maraca
[maˈɾaka]
The verdict
“maraca” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,462 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,462
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento musical de percusión, formado por un recipiente hueco elaborado a partir de un fruto leñoso o de material plástico, dentro del cual se introducen cuentas, y que se agita para marcar el ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-maraca · maraca · Spanish
maraca · rank #56,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,462
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH maquinita
Nearest frequency peer: maquinita (-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 “maraca”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- mandemos
mandemos
43,543 corpus weight
- mansalva
mansalva
43,541 corpus weight
- maquinita
maquinita
43,540 corpus weight
- maraca
maraca
43,539 corpus weight
- marcharán
marcharán
43,538 corpus weight
- meaning
meaning
43,535 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “maraca” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maraca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈɾaka] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,462 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “maraca” en español
Rare enough to double-check
maraca is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,462 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈɾaka]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for maraca, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is maraca, spelled M-A-R-A-C-A.
Definition
- 1Instrumento musical de percusión, formado por un recipiente hueco elaborado a partir de un fruto leñoso o de material plástico, dentro del cual se introducen cuentas, y que se agita para marcar el compás.
- 2Billete de un peso cubano.
This word in other languages
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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