marrana
[maˈrana]
The verdict
“marrana” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,839 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,839
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cimbra plana, generalmente de forma circular, que forman los maderos trabados en cadena sobre la que se levanta la obra de albañilería que reviste el interior del pozo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-marrana · marrana · Spanish
marrana · rank #73,839 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,839
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH margina
Nearest frequency peer: margina (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “marrana”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- manufactura…
manufacturado
26,167 corpus weight
- marchand
marchand
26,165 corpus weight
- margina
margina
26,163 corpus weight
- marrana
marrana
26,162 corpus weight
- marsellesa
marsellesa
26,161 corpus weight
- masturbar
masturbar
26,158 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “marrana” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marrana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈrana] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,839 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marrana” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
marrana is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,839 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈrana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for marrana in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is marrana, spelled M-A-R-R-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Cimbra plana, generalmente de forma circular, que forman los maderos trabados en cadena sobre la que se levanta la obra de albañilería que reviste el interior del pozo.
- 2Eje de la rueda de la noria.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.