mancuerna

[mãŋˈkweɾna]

/[mãŋˈkweɾna]/ noun

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The verdict

“mancuerna” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,337 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,337
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pareja de animales o cosas mancornados.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mancuerna · mancuerna · Spanish

mancuerna · rank #79,337 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,337
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH maniatado

Nearest frequency peer: maniatado (+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 “mancuerna”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mancuerna
PropertyValue
Headwordmancuerna
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mãŋˈkweɾna]
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,337
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “mancuerna” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).mancuernacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “maniatado” (#79,338), “mamelucos” (#79,335), “manillas” (#79,340). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mancuerna” va en #79,337. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mancuerna is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,337 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mãŋˈkweɾna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 11 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for mancuerna in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mancuerna, spelled M-A-N-C-U-E-R-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pareja de animales o cosas mancornados.
  2. 2
    Correa o cuerda de que se sirven los vaqueros para mancornar las reses.
  3. 3
    Herramienta de entrenamiento muscular, que consta de una barra corta con pesos añadidos en los extremos.
  4. 4
    Porción de tallo de la planta del tabaco con un par de hojas adheridas a él; disposición con que suelen hacerse los cortes de la planta al tiempo de la recolección.
  5. 5
    Disposición con la que se suele hacer el corte de una planta al momento de la recolección.
  6. 6
    Pareja de presidiarios unidos por una misma cadena.
  7. 7
    Dupla de socios.
  8. 8
    Pareja de cosas similares.
  9. 9
    Yunta (de bueyes).
  10. 10
    Amigo muy íntimo.
  11. 11
    Atado de dulce, o también de panela.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mancuerna appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mancuerna de bueyes, de panochas.

Synonyms

pesa

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 "mancuerna"?
"mancuerna" is spelled M-A-N-C-U-E-R-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [mãŋˈkweɾna].
What does "mancuerna" mean?
As a noun, "mancuerna" means: Pareja de animales o cosas mancornados.
How do you pronounce "mancuerna"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mancuerna" is [mãŋˈkweɾna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mancuerna" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maniatado#79,338mamelucos#79,335locutorio#79,315mimetismo#79,362

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list