maro
[ˈmaɾo]
The verdict
“maro” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,172 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,172
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre vulgar de varias especies de plantas herbáceas de la familia de las lamiáceas o labiadas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-maro · maro · Spanish
maro · rank #81,172 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,172
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH marry
Nearest frequency peer: marry (+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 “maro”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- marcarse
marcarse
18,834 corpus weight
- marijuana
marijuana
18,831 corpus weight
- maro
maro
18,829 corpus weight
- marry
marry
18,828 corpus weight
- masturban
masturban
18,826 corpus weight
- matambre
matambre
18,825 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “maro” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maro |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɾo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #81,172 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “maro” en español
Rare enough to double-check
maro is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,172 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre vulgar de varias especies de plantas herbáceas de la familia de las lamiáceas o labiadas.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for maro, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 maro, spelled M-A-R-O.
Definition
- 1Nombre vulgar de varias especies de plantas herbáceas de la familia de las lamiáceas o labiadas.
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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