marrón
[maˈrõn]
The verdict
“marrón” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,023 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,023
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Color producido mediante la mezcla de pigmento rojo y verde, naranja y azul, o amarillo y violeta. Similar al del café, el chocolate, la madera, la cáscara de frutos secos (castañas, avellanas, coc...
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 | marrón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [maˈrõn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #8,023 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “marrón” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for marrón is 6 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈrõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,023 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Color producido mediante la mezcla de pigmento rojo y verde, naranja y azul, o amarillo y violeta. Similar al del café, el chocolate, la madera, la cáscara de frutos secos (castañas, avellanas, coc...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for marrón, with forms such as "amrrón", "marrnó", and "marrónn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "marzo", "morro", "Mauro", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is marrón, spelled M-A-R-R-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Color producido mediante la mezcla de pigmento rojo y verde, naranja y azul, o amarillo y violeta. Similar al del café, el chocolate, la madera, la cáscara de frutos secos (castañas, avellanas, coco), etc.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amrrón,marrnó,marrónn,marón,marórn,mmarrón,mrarón
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of marrón - 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 “marrón”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-R-R-Ó-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈrõn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “marzo” - see the side-by-side comparison. marrón vs marzo
- 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.