Mancebo

[mãnˈseβ̞o]

/[mãnˈseβ̞o]/ name

The verdict

“Mancebo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,434 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,434
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mancebo · Mancebo · Spanish

Mancebo · rank #77,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #77,434
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH mancomunado

Nearest frequency peer: mancomunado (+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 “Mancebo”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mancebo
PropertyValue
HeadwordMancebo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[mãnˈseβ̞o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#77,434
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “Mancebo” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).Mancebocae 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: “mancomunado” (#77,435), “maltrataron” (#77,432), “mancuernas” (#77,436). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “Mancebo” va en #77,434. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mancebo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,434 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [mãnˈseβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".

No misspelling variants are generated for Mancebo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Mancebo, spelled M-A-N-C-E-B-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Apellido.

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 "Mancebo"?
"Mancebo" is spelled M-A-N-C-E-B-O. The IPA pronunciation is [mãnˈseβ̞o].
What does "Mancebo" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mancebo" means: Apellido.
How do you pronounce "Mancebo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mancebo" is [mãnˈseβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mancebo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mancebo", 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