mandioca
[mãn̪ˈd̪joka]
The verdict
“mandioca” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #44,305 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,305
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Manihot esculenta) Arbusto de la familia de las euforbiáceas de dos a tres metros de altura, originario de América del Sur, pero ampliamente cultivado en regiones tropicales y subtropicales de cuy...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mandioca |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mãn̪ˈd̪joka] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #44,305 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mandioca” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for mandioca is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mãn̪ˈd̪joka]. Corpus data places it at rank #44,305 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 generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mandioca, with forms such as "amndioca", "madnioca", and "manddioca". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mandioca, spelled M-A-N-D-I-O-C-A.
Definition
- 1(Manihot esculenta) Arbusto de la familia de las euforbiáceas de dos a tres metros de altura, originario de América del Sur, pero ampliamente cultivado en regiones tropicales y subtropicales de cuya raíz se extrae la tapioca.
- 2Raíz de este arbusto, que tiene forma de tubérculo y es empleada como alimento en diversas regiones del mundo, especialmente en Suramérica y el Caribe.
- 3Fécula extraída de la raíz de la mandioca₁.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amndioca,madnioca,manddioca,mandicoa,mandioac,mandiocca,mandoica,manidoca,manndioca,mmandioca,mnadioca
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mandioca - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “mandioca”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-D-I-O-C-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mãn̪ˈd̪joka] (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.