Mancilla
[mãnˈsiʝa]
The verdict
“Mancilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,356 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,356
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apellido.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mancilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [mãnˈsiʝa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,356 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mancilla” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mancilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,356 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [mãnˈsiʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mancilla in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is Mancilla, spelled M-A-N-C-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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.
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Using “Mancilla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-C-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mãnˈsiʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.