margin

//ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#70,436

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

margin is aSpanishnoun. It means: El borde de un papel, típicamente dejado en blanco cuando se imprime pero a veces usado para anotaciones, etc.; margen. Pronounced /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/.

Key facts for margin
PropertyValue
Headwordmargin
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,436
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for margin is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/. Corpus data places it at rank #70,436 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for margin 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 margin, spelled M-A-R-G-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    El borde de un papel, típicamente dejado en blanco cuando se imprime pero a veces usado para anotaciones, etc.; margen.
  2. 2
    El borde de cualquier superficie plana; margen.
  3. 3
    El borde que define inclusión o exclusión de un conjunto o grupo.
  4. 4
    Una diferencia o razón entre resultados, características, puntajes; margen.
  5. 5
    Una diferencia permisible; permitiendo algo de libertad para moverse entre límites; margen.
  6. 6
    El rendimiento o ganancia; el precio de venta menos el costo de producción; margen.
  7. 7
    Garantía depositada con un corredor, para compensar al corredor en el evento de una pérdida en la compra y venta especulativa de acciones, materias primas, etc.
  8. 8
    Lo que es auxiliar; periferia.

Frequency rank: #70,436 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "margin"?
"margin" is spelled M-A-R-G-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/.
What does "margin" mean?
As a noun, "margin" means: El borde de un papel, típicamente dejado en blanco cuando se imprime pero a veces usado para anotaciones, etc.; margen.
How do you pronounce "margin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "margin" is /ˈmɑː.d͡ʒɪn/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "margin" 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.