murciana

[muɾˈsjana]

/[muɾˈsjana]/ adj

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The verdict

“murciana” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,424 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,424
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino singular de murciano.

Corpus desk

Index ES-murciana · murciana · Spanish

murciana · rank #50,424 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,424
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH multitudinari…

Nearest frequency peer: multitudinarias (-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 “murciana”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “murciana” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for murciana
PropertyValue
Headwordmurciana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[muɾˈsjana]
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,424
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “murciana” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.murcianacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “multitudinarias” (#50,423), “murcianos” (#50,425), “multiplicarse” (#50,422). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “murciana” va en #50,424. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

murciana is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,424 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [muɾˈsjana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino singular de murciano.".

murciana doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is murciana, spelled M-U-R-C-I-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino singular de murciano.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "murciana"?
"murciana" is spelled M-U-R-C-I-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [muɾˈsjana].
What does "murciana" mean?
As an adjective, "murciana" means: Forma del femenino singular de murciano.
How do you pronounce "murciana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "murciana" is [muɾˈsjana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "murciana" come from?
"murciana" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "murciana", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list