mandril
[mãn̪ˈd̪ɾil]
The verdict
“mandril” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,666 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,666
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Mandrillus sphinx) Primate cercopitécido (familia Cercopithecidae) habitante del África ecuatorial.^([definición imprecisa])
| 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) |
Where “mandril” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mandril is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,666 among 36,142 “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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Using “mandril”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-D-R-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mãn̪ˈd̪ɾil] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.