mariquita
[maɾiˈkit̪a]
The verdict
“mariquita” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,878. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,878
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Coccinella) Insecto coleóptero de cuerpo oscuro en la parte inferior y redondeado en la parte superior. Usualmente está cubierto con manchas de forma redondeada y color negro que contrastan con ro...
Corpus desk
Index ES-mariquita · mariquita · Spanish
mariquita · rank #31,878 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #31,878
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH margaritas
Nearest frequency peer: margaritas (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “mariquita”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- manejados
manejados
68,126 corpus weight
- manganeso
manganeso
68,125 corpus weight
- margaritas
margaritas
68,124 corpus weight
- mariquita
mariquita
68,123 corpus weight
- Marlene
Marlene
68,122 corpus weight
- matorrales
matorrales
68,121 corpus weight
What this shows “mariquita” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mariquita |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maɾiˈkit̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #31,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mariquita”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around mariquita (IPA [maɾiˈkit̪a]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,878 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Coccinella) Insecto coleóptero de cuerpo oscuro en la parte inferior y redondeado en la parte superior. Usualmente está cubierto con manchas de forma redondeada y color negro que contrastan con ro...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mariquita, with forms such as "amriquita", "mairquita", and "mariqiuta". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Marquina", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is mariquita, spelled M-A-R-I-Q-U-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1(Coccinella) Insecto coleóptero de cuerpo oscuro en la parte inferior y redondeado en la parte superior. Usualmente está cubierto con manchas de forma redondeada y color negro que contrastan con rojo o amarillo. Se alimenta de pulgones.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amriquita
- mairquita
- mariqiuta
- mariqquita
- mariquiat
- mariquitta
- mariqutia
- mariuqita
- marqiuita
- marriquita
- mmariquita
- mraiquita
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mariquita - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mariquita", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).