marengo
[maˈɾẽŋgo]
The verdict
“marengo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,652 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,652
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gris oscuro
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marengo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [maˈɾẽŋgo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #75,652 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marengo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
marengo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,652 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [maˈɾẽŋgo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gris oscuro".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for marengo, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is marengo, spelled M-A-R-E-N-G-O.
Definition
- 1gris oscuro
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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Using “marengo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-R-E-N-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈɾẽŋgo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.