Maru
[ˈmaɾu]
The verdict
“Maru” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #29,291. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,291
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hipocorístico de Marianela.
Corpus desk
Index ES-maru · Maru · Spanish
Maru · rank #29,291 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,291
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH manejada
Nearest frequency peer: manejada (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “Maru”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- majo
majo
70,715 corpus weight
- manchar
manchar
70,713 corpus weight
- manejada
manejada
70,712 corpus weight
- Maru
Maru
70,710 corpus weight
- menospreciar
menospreciar
70,707 corpus weight
- metimos
metimos
70,706 corpus weight
What this shows “Maru” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | Maru |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɾu] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #29,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “Maru”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Maru (IPA [ˈmaɾu]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #29,291 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Hipocorístico de Marianela.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maru, with forms such as "amru", "marru", and "maur". 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, "Mr", "mu", "más", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is Maru, spelled M-A-R-U.
Definition
- 1Hipocorístico de Marianela.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amru
- marru
- maur
- mmaru
- mrau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maru - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Maru", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).