vaca marina
[ˈbaka maˈɾina]
The verdict
“vaca marina” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mamíferos acuáticos herbívoros del orden de los sirenios, que según algunos, dieron origen al mito de las sirenas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-vaca-marina · vaca marina · Spanish
vaca marina · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "V" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vaca marina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈbaka maˈɾina] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “vaca marina” en español
Rare enough to double-check
vaca marina is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈbaka maˈɾina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vaca marina in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is vaca marina, spelled V-A-C-A- -M-A-R-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Mamíferos acuáticos herbívoros del orden de los sirenios, que según algunos, dieron origen al mito de las sirenas.
- 2Un animal mitológico de Chiloé con aspecto de vaca, que sale del agua para aparearse con toros y enfermarlos.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.