manducar
[mãn̪d̪uˈkaɾ]
The verdict
“manducar” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Comer.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manducar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mãn̪d̪uˈkaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manducar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for manducar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mãn̪d̪uˈkaɾ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Comer.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for manducar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is manducar, spelled M-A-N-D-U-C-A-R.
Definition
- 1Comer.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “manducar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-D-U-C-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mãn̪d̪uˈkaɾ] (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.