marimacho
[maɾiˈmat͡ʃo]
The verdict
“marimacho” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mujer de aspecto o comportamiento que recuerdan a los convencionalmente atribuídos a los varones
Corpus desk
Index ES-marimacho · marimacho · Spanish
marimacho · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marimacho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maɾiˈmat͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “marimacho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
marimacho is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [maɾiˈmat͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mujer de aspecto o comportamiento que recuerdan a los convencionalmente atribuídos a los varones".
No misspelling variants are generated for marimacho in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is marimacho, spelled M-A-R-I-M-A-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Mujer de aspecto o comportamiento que recuerdan a los convencionalmente atribuídos a los varones
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how marimacho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Era de corta estatura, flaca, rubia, de azules ojos: su belleza, completamente apócrifa, consistía tan sólo en la marcialidad de su apostura y en su destreza hípica, cualidades de marimacho, no de mujer
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.