mandarina

/[mãn̪d̪aˈɾina]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,995

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

mandarina is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fruta cítrica originaria de China, parecida a la naranja, pero por lo general más dulce y perfumada, de cáscara más suave y textura menos consistente. Consta de gajos jugosos de color naranjado roj... Pronounced [mãn̪d̪aˈɾina]. Often confused with mandaron and mandarinas.

Key facts for mandarina
PropertyValue
Headwordmandarina
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mãn̪d̪aˈɾina]
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,995
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for mandarina is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mãn̪d̪aˈɾina]. Corpus data places it at rank #30,995 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for mandarina, with forms such as "amndarina", "madnarina", and "manadrina". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "mandaron", "mandarinas", "madrina", 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 mandarina, spelled M-A-N-D-A-R-I-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruta cítrica originaria de China, parecida a la naranja, pero por lo general más dulce y perfumada, de cáscara más suave y textura menos consistente. Consta de gajos jugosos de color naranjado rojizo, ricos en vitamina C.
  2. 2
    (Citrus spp). Nombre de varias especies de árboles frutales, especialmente el Citrus reticulata, de la familia de las Rutáceas, de porte mediano, hojas perennes muy verdes, medianas, alargadas, y terminadas en punta. Las flores aparecen en las axilas de las hojas, solitarias o en racimos. Su fruto es la mandarina₁.
  3. 3
    Género de moluscos o caracoles terrestres de la familia Camaenidae de concha sólida, a menudo de color café-naranjado, muy común en islas del Pacífico asiático, al sur de Japón.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amndarina,madnarina,manadrina,mandairna,mandarian,mandarinna,mandarnia,mandarrina,manddarina,mandraina,manndarina,mmandarina,mnadarina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mandarina

Misspelling Variants of "mandarina"

amndarina9madnarina9manadrina9mandairna9mandarian9mandarinna10mandarnia9mandarrina10
Misspelling Variants of "mandarina"

Frequency rank: #30,995 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mandarina"?
"mandarina" is spelled M-A-N-D-A-R-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [mãn̪d̪aˈɾina].
What does "mandarina" mean?
As a noun, "mandarina" means: Fruta cítrica originaria de China, parecida a la naranja, pero por lo general más dulce y perfumada, de cáscara más suave y textura menos consistente. Consta de gajos jugosos de color naranjado roj...
What words are commonly confused with "mandarina"?
"mandarina" is commonly confused with "mandaron", "mandarinas", "madrina". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mandarina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mandarina" is [mãn̪d̪aˈɾina]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mandarina" come from?
"mandarina" 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.