mancuerna

[mãŋˈkweɾna]

/[mãŋˈkweɾna]/ noun

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The verdict

“mancuerna” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #79,337 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.

#79,337
frequency rank, Spanish
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pareja de animales o cosas mancornados.

Key facts for mancuerna
PropertyValue
Headwordmancuerna
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mãŋˈkweɾna]
Letters9
Frequency rank#79,337
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mancuerna” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mancuerna lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mancuerna is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mãŋˈkweɾna]. Corpus data places it at rank #79,337 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

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.

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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Using “mancuerna”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-C-U-E-R-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [mãŋˈkweɾna] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list