Manta
[ˈmanta]
The verdict
“Manta” is uncommon German (frequency #54,718 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,718
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vertreter der Teufelsrochen
Corpus desk
Index DE-manta · Manta · German
Manta · rank #54,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,718
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Manege
Nearest frequency peer: Manege (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Manta“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- lästert
lästert
45,289 corpus weight
- Mandoline
Mandoline
45,285 corpus weight
- Manege
Manege
45,284 corpus weight
- Manta
Manta
45,283 corpus weight
- Maschinenpi…
Maschinenpistolen
45,279 corpus weight
- maskierten
maskierten
45,278 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Manta“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Manta |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmanta] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #54,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Manta“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Manta is uncommon German at frequency #54,718 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmanta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Manta in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Manta, spelled M-A-N-T-A.
Definition
- 1Vertreter der Teufelsrochen
- 2Automarke (Opel Manta)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Manta appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein verletzter Manta-Rochen soll Taucher in Australien gezielt um Hilfe gebeten haben. Detailliert beschreibt einer von ihnen die Begegnung.“
„Im Rahmen der Geburtstagsfeier des PS.SPEICHERS zog der Auto-Korso viele Schaulustige an die Straßenränder. Ein E-Auto-, Motorräder, ein Gespann und Fahrräder, Militärfahrzeuge, Cabrios, Busse, Limousinen älteren Baujahrs, grüne und rote Ente, Feuerwehrfahrzeuge, ein Manta mit Fuchsschwanz am Spiegel, Oldtimer, Triumph, betagte Audis, ein Ferrari, divers…
Synonyms
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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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