mañas
[ˈmaɲas]
The verdict
“mañas” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #31,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,436
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Forma del plural de maña.
Corpus desk
Index ES-manas · mañas · Spanish
mañas · rank #31,436 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #31,436
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mecenas
Nearest frequency peer: mecenas (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mañas”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mandaban
mandaban
68,568 corpus weight
- manejen
manejen
68,567 corpus weight
- mañas
mañas
68,565 corpus weight
- mecenas
mecenas
68,564 corpus weight
- mediadores
mediadores
68,563 corpus weight
- medium
medium
68,562 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mañas” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mañas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɲas] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #31,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mañas” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around mañas (IPA [ˈmaɲas]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,436 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Forma del plural de maña.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mañas, with forms such as "amñas", "maañs", and "mañass". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "más", "mano", "mapa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is mañas, spelled M-A-Ñ-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de maña.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amñas
- maañs
- mañass
- mañsa
- mmañas
- mñaas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mañas - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mañas", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.