melanina
[melaˈnina]
The verdict
“melanina” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #57,926 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #57,926
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cualquiera de los pigmentos insolubles, que se encuentran en todas las formas de vida animal, producen el color oscuro de la piel, cabello, pelo, plumas, escamas, etc.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | melanina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [melaˈnina] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “melanina” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for melanina is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [melaˈnina]. Corpus data places it at rank #57,926 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Cualquiera de los pigmentos insolubles, que se encuentran en todas las formas de vida animal, producen el color oscuro de la piel, cabello, pelo, plumas, escamas, etc.".
melanina has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is melanina, spelled M-E-L-A-N-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Cualquiera de los pigmentos insolubles, que se encuentran en todas las formas de vida animal, producen el color oscuro de la piel, cabello, pelo, plumas, escamas, etc.
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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Using “melanina”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-E-L-A-N-I-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [melaˈnina] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.