mandrágora
[mãn̪ˈd̪ɾaɣ̞oɾa]
The verdict
“mandrágora” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,263 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,263
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Mandragora spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies de planta herbácea solanácea sin tallo, abundantes hojas pecioladas y flores y frutos de olor fétido. Tiene propiedades narcóticas y es notoria su ra...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mandrágora |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mãn̪ˈd̪ɾaɣ̞oɾa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #80,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mandrágora” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mandrágora is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,263 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mãn̪ˈd̪ɾaɣ̞oɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Mandragora spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies de planta herbácea solanácea sin tallo, abundantes hojas pecioladas y flores y frutos de olor fétido. Tiene propiedades narcóticas y es notoria su ra...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mandrágora in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is mandrágora, spelled M-A-N-D-R-Á-G-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1(Mandragora spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies de planta herbácea solanácea sin tallo, abundantes hojas pecioladas y flores y frutos de olor fétido. Tiene propiedades narcóticas y es notoria su raíz de forma semejante a la de una persona, lo que le confiere características míticas y legendarias como planta de relevancia pagana.
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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 “mandrágora”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-D-R-Á-G-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.