martingala
[maɾt̪ĩŋˈgala]
The verdict
“martingala” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Proceso estocástico en donde la esperanza del proceso en un instante de tiempo sabiendo el valor que tomó este proceso para un instante de tiempo anterior es este mismo valor que tomó anteriormente...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | martingala |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maɾt̪ĩŋˈgala] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “martingala” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for martingala is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maɾt̪ĩŋˈgala]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for martingala in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 martingala, spelled M-A-R-T-I-N-G-A-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Proceso estocástico en donde la esperanza del proceso en un instante de tiempo sabiendo el valor que tomó este proceso para un instante de tiempo anterior es este mismo valor que tomó anteriormente, es decir: 𝔼[X(t)|X(t_0)=x_0]=x_0 con t>t_0. Se puede verificar que se requiere que la media del proceso no dependa del tiempo.
- 2Estrategia de apuesta que consiste en aumentar la cantidad apostada cuando la última inversión dio pérdidas y reducirla cuando dio beneficios.
- 3Lance en el juego del monte, que consiste en apuntar simultáneamente a tres de las cartas del albur y el gallo contra la restante. Si sale ésta, se pierde toda la puesta, y se gana la tercera parte cuando sale una cualquiera de las apuntadas.
- 4Artimaña, ardid.
- 5Cada una de las calzas que llevaban los hombres de armas debajo de los quijotes.
- 6Faja de tela que se cose en el dorso de algunas prendas de ropa como los guardapolvos o las batas.
- 7Correa con dos argollas por las que pasa la rienda para evitar que el caballo cabecee.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-R-T-I-N-G-A-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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