mancha

/[ˈmãnʲt͡ʃa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,442

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mancha is aSpanishnoun. It means: Marca que queda en una superficie al derramar alguna sustancia que tiña. Pronounced [ˈmãnʲt͡ʃa]. It ranks #4,442 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with mucha and marca.

Key facts for mancha
PropertyValue
Headwordmancha
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmãnʲt͡ʃa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,442
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mancha in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mancha is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmãnʲt͡ʃa]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,442 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for mancha, with forms such as "amncha", "macnha", and "mancah". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mucha", "marca", "Manda", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is mancha, spelled M-A-N-C-H-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Marca que queda en una superficie al derramar alguna sustancia que tiña.
  2. 2
    Zona de alguna superficie en donde se produce un cambio de color respecto del color dominante.
  3. 3
    Zona de un terreno que es destacada.
  4. 4
    Conjunto de plantas que se asientan en una zona, haciendo que se distinga del espacio adyacente.
  5. 5
    Traición, deshonra.
  6. 6
    Majal.
  7. 7
    Bandada.
  8. 8
    Zona oscura de la Luna.
  9. 9
    Experimento hecho sobre el lienzo con la pintura, para analizar la incidencia de la luz.
  10. 10
    Juego infantil, en donde una determinada persona (la mancha) debe correr detrás del resto hasta alcanzar (manchar) a otra persona y convertirla en mancha.
  11. 11
    En la mancha, persona que corre detrás del resto.
  12. 12
    Partida de trompos.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amncha,macnha,mancah,manccha,manchha,manhca,manncha,mmancha,mnacha

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mancha

Misspelling Variants of "mancha"

amncha6macnha6mancah6manccha7manchha7manhca6manncha7mmancha7
Misspelling Variants of "mancha"

Frequency rank: #4,442 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mancha"?
"mancha" is spelled M-A-N-C-H-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmãnʲt͡ʃa].
What does "mancha" mean?
As a noun, "mancha" means: Marca que queda en una superficie al derramar alguna sustancia que tiña.
What words are commonly confused with "mancha"?
"mancha" is commonly confused with "mucha", "marca", "Manda". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mancha"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mancha" is [ˈmãnʲt͡ʃa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mancha" come from?
"mancha" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.