alimaña

[aliˈmaɲa]

/[aliˈmaɲa]/ noun

The verdict

“alimaña” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,606 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,606
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal carnívoro pequeño que suele entorpecer la cacería, como el zorro, el gato montés, el milano, etc.

Corpus desk

Index ES-alimana · alimaña · Spanish

alimaña · rank #82,606 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,606
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH alienar

Nearest frequency peer: alienar (-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 “alimaña”

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 “alimaña” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for alimaña
PropertyValue
Headwordalimaña
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aliˈmaɲa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#82,606
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “alimaña” en español

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

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “alienar” (#82,605), “alocados” (#82,607), “alicate” (#82,604). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “alimaña” va en #82,606. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

alimaña is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,606 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aliˈmaɲa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for alimaña in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is alimaña, spelled A-L-I-M-A-Ñ-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Animal carnívoro pequeño que suele entorpecer la cacería, como el zorro, el gato montés, el milano, etc.
  2. 2
    Cualquier animal (no humano).
  3. 3
    Persona en la cual no se puede confiar y de malas intenciones.

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "alimaña"?
"alimaña" is spelled A-L-I-M-A-Ñ-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aliˈmaɲa].
What does "alimaña" mean?
As a noun, "alimaña" means: Animal carnívoro pequeño que suele entorpecer la cacería, como el zorro, el gato montés, el milano, etc.
How do you pronounce "alimaña"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "alimaña" is [aliˈmaɲa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "alimaña" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list