marginar
[maɾxiˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“marginar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,532 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,532
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dejar algo o a alguien al margen, no incluirlo en un momento dado.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marginar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [maɾxiˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #76,532 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marginar” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
marginar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,532 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [maɾxiˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for marginar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is marginar, spelled M-A-R-G-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dejar algo o a alguien al margen, no incluirlo en un momento dado.
- 2Hacer que alguien no se pueda integrar en un grupo social, en particular al dejarle en condición de inferioridad u opresión.
- 3Ignorar, no hacer caso.
- 4Crear o dejar la margen (espacio en blanco a cada lado) de un documento o texto, sea en papel o en forma electrónica.
- 5Hacer anotaciones al margen (en los espacios en blanco de un documento o texto).
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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 “marginar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-R-G-I-N-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maɾxiˈnaɾ] (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.