marmota

/[maɾˈmot̪a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#39,331

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

marmota is aSpanishnoun. It means: (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... Pronounced [maɾˈmot̪a]. Often confused with Marta and Maroto.

Key facts for marmota
PropertyValue
Headwordmarmota
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maɾˈmot̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,331
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of marmota in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for marmota is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for marmota, with forms such as "amrmota", "mamrota", and "marmmota". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is marmota, spelled M-A-R-M-O-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    (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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrmota,mamrota,marmmota,marmoat,marmotta,marmtoa,maromta,marrmota,mmarmota,mramota

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for marmota

Misspelling Variants of "marmota"

amrmota7mamrota7marmmota8marmoat7marmotta8marmtoa7maromta7marrmota8
Misspelling Variants of "marmota"

Frequency rank: #39,331 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "marmota"?
"marmota" is spelled M-A-R-M-O-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maɾˈmot̪a].
What does "marmota" mean?
As a noun, "marmota" means: (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...
What words are commonly confused with "marmota"?
"marmota" is commonly confused with "Marta", "Maroto", "mascota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "marmota"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "marmota" is [maɾˈmot̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "marmota" come from?
"marmota" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.