marica

/[maˈɾika]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,957

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

marica is aSpanishnoun. It means: Hombre que siente atracción sexual por personas de su mismo sexo biológico Pronounced [maˈɾika]. Often confused with mica and Mario.

Key facts for marica
PropertyValue
Headwordmarica
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈɾika]
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,957
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for marica is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈɾika]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,957 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for marica, with forms such as "amrica", "mairca", and "mariac". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mica", "Mario", "Marta", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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

Definition

  1. 1
    Hombre que siente atracción sexual por personas de su mismo sexo biológico
  2. 2
    Persona que no tiene valor para enfrentarse a las dificultades o para defender sus ideas
  3. 3
    Úsase como vocativo

Synonyms

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrica,mairca,mariac,maricca,marrica,mmarica,mraica

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for marica

Misspelling Variants of "marica"

amrica6mairca6mariac6maricca7marrica7mmarica7mraica6
Misspelling Variants of "marica"

Frequency rank: #13,957 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marica"?
"marica" is spelled M-A-R-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈɾika].
What does "marica" mean?
As a noun, "marica" means: Hombre que siente atracción sexual por personas de su mismo sexo biológico
What words are commonly confused with "marica"?
"marica" is commonly confused with "mica", "Mario", "Marta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marica"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marica" is [maˈɾika]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marica" come from?
"marica" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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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.