mancuso

[mãŋˈkuso]

/[mãŋˈkuso]/ noun

The verdict

“mancuso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,311 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,311
frequency rank, Spanish
36,142
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nombre dado al dinar califal de oro (3,90 gr) en los reinos cristianos de la Península Ibérica. Era una moneda de oro y plata. Circuló en el Rosellón, Cerdaña y Cataluña durante los siglos IX, X, X...

Key facts for mancuso
PropertyValue
Headwordmancuso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mãŋˈkuso]
Letters7
Frequency rank#66,311
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mancuso” 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). mancuso lands here:

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

Rare enough to double-check

mancuso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,311 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mãŋˈkuso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nombre dado al dinar califal de oro (3,90 gr) en los reinos cristianos de la Península Ibérica. Era una moneda de oro y plata. Circuló en el Rosellón, Cerdaña y Cataluña durante los siglos IX, X, X...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mancuso, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is mancuso, spelled M-A-N-C-U-S-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nombre dado al dinar califal de oro (3,90 gr) en los reinos cristianos de la Península Ibérica. Era una moneda de oro y plata. Circuló en el Rosellón, Cerdaña y Cataluña durante los siglos IX, X, XI, y XII y fueron imitados por algunos reyes cristianos. Jaca fue la ciudad real, sede episcopal, y centro administrativo que acuñó mancusos, siendo la primera moneda de oro aragonesa.

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 "mancuso"?
"mancuso" is spelled M-A-N-C-U-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [mãŋˈkuso].
What does "mancuso" mean?
As a noun, "mancuso" means: Nombre dado al dinar califal de oro (3,90 gr) en los reinos cristianos de la Península Ibérica. Era una moneda de oro y plata. Circuló en el Rosellón, Cerdaña y Cataluña durante los siglos IX, X, X...
How do you pronounce "mancuso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mancuso" is [mãŋˈkuso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mancuso" come from?
"mancuso" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “mancuso”

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

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-C-U-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [mãŋˈkuso] (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

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list