Marlene
[maʁˈleːnə]
The verdict
“Marlene” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #31,879 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #31,879
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre de pila de mujer, equivalente del español Magdalena.
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 | Marlene |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [maʁˈleːnə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #31,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Marlene” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Marlene is 7 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maʁˈleːnə]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,879 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nombre de pila de mujer, equivalente del español Magdalena.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Marlene, with forms such as "amrlene", "malrene", and "marelne". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "margen", "Malena", "márgenes", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Marlene, spelled M-A-R-L-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1Nombre de pila de mujer, equivalente del español Magdalena.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amrlene,malrene,marelne,marleen,marlenne,marllene,marlnee,marrlene,mmarlene,mralene
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Marlene - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Marlene”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-R-L-E-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maʁˈleːnə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “margen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Marlene vs margen
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.