marmota
[maɾˈmot̪a]
The verdict
“marmota” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #39,331 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,331
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Marmota spp.) Nombre común para las especies de roedores de la Familia Sciuridae, con una amplia distribución por las zonas montañosas de Norteamérica y Eurasia. Son animales sociales, de cuerpo r...
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 | marmota |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maɾˈmot̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #39,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marmota” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for marmota is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maɾˈmot̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #39,331 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Marmota spp.) Nombre común para las especies de roedores de la Familia Sciuridae, con una amplia distribución por las zonas montañosas de Norteamérica y Eurasia. Son animales sociales, de cuerpo r...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for marmota, with forms such as "amrmota", "mamrota", and "marmmota". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Marta", "Maroto", "mascota", and more, 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is marmota, spelled M-A-R-M-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1(Marmota spp.) Nombre común para las especies de roedores de la Familia Sciuridae, con una amplia distribución por las zonas montañosas de Norteamérica y Eurasia. Son animales sociales, de cuerpo rechoncho y pueden pesar hasta 6 kg.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amrmota,mamrota,marmmota,marmoat,marmotta,marmtoa,maromta,marrmota,mmarmota,mramota
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marmota - 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 “marmota”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-R-M-O-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maɾˈmot̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Marta” - see the side-by-side comparison. marmota vs Marta
- 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.