marrano
[maˈrano]
The verdict
“marrano” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,762 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,762
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Sus scrofa domestica) Cerdo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-marrano · marrano · Spanish
marrano · rank #51,762 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,762
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH masía
Nearest frequency peer: masía (+2 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 “marrano”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- marear
marear
48,244 corpus weight
- margarina
margarina
48,243 corpus weight
- Maritza
Maritza
48,242 corpus weight
- marrano
marrano
48,239 corpus weight
- masía
masía
48,237 corpus weight
- mead
mead
48,235 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “marrano” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | marrano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈrano] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #51,762 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “marrano” en español
Rare enough to double-check
marrano is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,762 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈrano]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Sus scrofa domestica) Cerdo.".
No misspelling variants are generated for marrano in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is marrano, spelled M-A-R-R-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1(Sus scrofa domestica) Cerdo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how marrano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les di de comer bellotas a los marranos.
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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