melanina
[melaˈnina]
The verdict
“melanina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,926 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,926
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index ES-melanina · melanina · Spanish
melanina · rank #57,926 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,926
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mediadora
Nearest frequency peer: mediadora (-1 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “melanina”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- matagalpa
matagalpa
42,080 corpus weight
- mazapán
mazapán
42,079 corpus weight
- meadows
meadows
42,077 corpus weight
- mediadora
mediadora
42,076 corpus weight
- melanina
melanina
42,075 corpus weight
- mieles
mieles
42,071 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “melanina” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “melanina” en español
Rare enough to double-check
melanina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,926 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [melaˈnina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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