marlo
[ˈmaɾlo]
The verdict
“marlo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,655 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,655
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raquis grueso y firme que constituye el eje de la espiga que conforma la mazorca de maíz.
Corpus desk
Index ES-marlo · marlo · Spanish
marlo · rank #75,655 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,655
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH marinería
Nearest frequency peer: marinería (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “marlo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- maravedís
maravedís
24,350 corpus weight
- marengo
marengo
24,349 corpus weight
- margas
margas
24,348 corpus weight
- marinería
marinería
24,347 corpus weight
- marlo
marlo
24,346 corpus weight
- matasen
matasen
24,343 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “marlo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marlo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɾlo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,655 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “marlo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
marlo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,655 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaɾlo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for marlo, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is marlo, spelled M-A-R-L-O.
Definition
- 1Raquis grueso y firme que constituye el eje de la espiga que conforma la mazorca de maíz.
- 2Tronco óseo y carnoso de la cola de los rumiantes.
This word in other languages
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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