manila
ma·ni·la/məˈnɪlə/adjective, noun
manila is spelled M-A-N-I-L-A: 6 letters and 3 syllables (ma·ni·la). It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “manila vs manilla” about 10 times a month (Google, United States). As an adjective, manila means “Made of manila paper or material like it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in manila?
| Letters | 6: M-A-N-I-L-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ma·ni·la |
| In writing | 7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is manila?
Manila appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce manila?
- /mɐˈni.lɐ/
- US /məˈnɪlə/
Manila has 3 syllables, split ma·ni·la in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Mlgc1998-Manila.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Paul2520-manila.wav, En-ca-Manila.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with manila
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Also written: manilla.
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with manila?
6 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as manila from its last stressed vowel (/ɪlə/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: animal, lamina, almain.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of manila
- manilas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does manila mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Made of manila paper or material like it.
a manila envelope
- 2
Yellow-brown; colored like manila paper.
noun
- 1
Fiber made from abaca (Manila hemp), used to make ropes and manila paper.
- 2
The yellow-brown color of manila.
- 3
A kind of cheroot manufactured in Manila.
noun
- 1
Venerupis philippinarum; a Pacific clam.
- 2
Alternative form of manila (“kind of cheroot”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does manila come from?
From Manila.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).