mandril
[mãn̪ˈd̪ɾil]
The verdict
“mandril” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,666 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,666
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Mandrillus sphinx) Primate cercopitécido (familia Cercopithecidae) habitante del África ecuatorial.^([definición imprecisa])
Corpus desk
Index ES-mandril · mandril · Spanish
mandril · rank #58,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,666
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mantras
Nearest frequency peer: mantras (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mandril”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- majos
majos
41,340 corpus weight
- malbec
malbec
41,339 corpus weight
- mandril
mandril
41,335 corpus weight
- mantras
mantras
41,334 corpus weight
- manubrio
manubrio
41,333 corpus weight
- mapu
mapu
41,331 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mandril” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mandril |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mãn̪ˈd̪ɾil] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mandril” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mandril is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,666 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mãn̪ˈd̪ɾil]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mandril, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 mandril, spelled M-A-N-D-R-I-L.
Definition
- 1(Mandrillus sphinx) Primate cercopitécido (familia Cercopithecidae) habitante del África ecuatorial.^([definición imprecisa])
- 2Pieza cilíndrica de metal o madera empleada para fijar la que se ha de tornear.
- 3Portabroca de un taladro.
This word in other languages
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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