maracuyá

/[maɾakuˈʝa]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#76,528

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

maracuyá is aSpanishnoun. It means: (Passiflora edulis) Planta trepadora del género Passiflora, nativa de las regiones subtropicales de América. Se cultiva comercialmente en la mayoría de las áreas tropicales y subtropicales del glob... Pronounced [maɾakuˈʝa].

Key facts for maracuyá
PropertyValue
Headwordmaracuyá
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maɾakuˈʝa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#76,528
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for maracuyá is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maɾakuˈʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #76,528 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for maracuyá in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 maracuyá, spelled M-A-R-A-C-U-Y-Á, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Passiflora edulis) Planta trepadora del género Passiflora, nativa de las regiones subtropicales de América. Se cultiva comercialmente en la mayoría de las áreas tropicales y subtropicales del globo, entre otros países: Bolivia, Brasil, Ecuador, Perú, Colombia, Venezuela, partes del Caribe y Estados Unidos. Esta especie es sumamente apreciada por su fruto y en menor medida por sus flores, siendo cultivada en ocasiones como ornamental. La infusión de sus hojas y flores se utiliza, además, con efectos medicinales.
  2. 2
    Fruto de la Passiflora edulis, muy apreciado para jugos y postres, una baya oval o redonda, de entre 4 y 10 cm de diámetro, fibrosa y jugosa, recubierta de una cáscara gruesa, cerosa, delicada e incomestible. Contiene numerosas semillas pequeñas envueltas en una pulpa viscosa y de sabor agridulce. El color varía según las especies, siendo más común el amarillo verdoso.

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Frequency rank: #76,528 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "maracuyá"?
"maracuyá" is spelled M-A-R-A-C-U-Y-Á. The IPA pronunciation is [maɾakuˈʝa].
What does "maracuyá" mean?
As a noun, "maracuyá" means: (Passiflora edulis) Planta trepadora del género Passiflora, nativa de las regiones subtropicales de América. Se cultiva comercialmente en la mayoría de las áreas tropicales y subtropicales del glob...
How do you pronounce "maracuyá"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maracuyá" is [maɾakuˈʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maracuyá" come from?
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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.