Marcelina
[maɾseˈlina]
The verdict
“Marcelina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,047 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,047
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de mujer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-marcelina · Marcelina · Spanish
Marcelina · rank #88,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,047
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH manicomios
Nearest frequency peer: manicomios (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Marcelina”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- manicomios
manicomios
11,957 corpus weight
- Marcelina
Marcelina
11,954 corpus weight
- marv
marv
11,951 corpus weight
- masala
masala
11,950 corpus weight
- mastodonte
mastodonte
11,949 corpus weight
- Matti
Matti
11,948 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Marcelina” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marcelina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [maɾseˈlina] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #88,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Marcelina” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Marcelina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,047 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [maɾseˈlina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre de pila de mujer.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Marcelina in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Marcelina, spelled M-A-R-C-E-L-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de mujer.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Marcelina", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency 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.