mazapán

/[masaˈpãn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#57,922

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

mazapán is aSpanishnoun. It means: Manjar dulce a base de almendras molidas y azucar flor, usado para coberturas de repostería y figuras comestibles. Pronounced [masaˈpãn].

Key facts for mazapán
PropertyValue
Headwordmazapán
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[masaˈpãn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#57,922
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mazapán in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mazapán is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [masaˈpãn]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,922 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for mazapán 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 mazapán, spelled M-A-Z-A-P-Á-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Manjar dulce a base de almendras molidas y azucar flor, usado para coberturas de repostería y figuras comestibles.
  2. 2
    Figura o bombón de mazapán₁.
  3. 3
    Manjar análogo elaborado a base de maníes.
  4. 4
    Trozo de pan o bizcocho con que los obispos católicos se limpiaban los dedos luego de administrar ciertos sacramentos en ocasiones solemnes.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #57,922 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mazapán"?
"mazapán" is spelled M-A-Z-A-P-Á-N. The IPA pronunciation is [masaˈpãn].
What does "mazapán" mean?
As a noun, "mazapán" means: Manjar dulce a base de almendras molidas y azucar flor, usado para coberturas de repostería y figuras comestibles.
How do you pronounce "mazapán"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mazapán" is [masaˈpãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mazapán" come from?
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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.