manecilla

/[maneˈsiʝa]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#94,339

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

manecilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Aguja que en algunos instrumentos de medición indica el valor. En particular las de los relojes, que indican la hora, minuto o segundo. Pronounced [maneˈsiʝa].

Key facts for manecilla
PropertyValue
Headwordmanecilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maneˈsiʝa]
Letters9
Frequency rank#94,339
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of manecilla in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for manecilla is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maneˈsiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #94,339 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for manecilla in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is manecilla, spelled M-A-N-E-C-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aguja que en algunos instrumentos de medición indica el valor. En particular las de los relojes, que indican la hora, minuto o segundo.
  2. 2
    Signo con forma de mano señalando con el índice extendido, que se usa para llamar la atención sobre algún elemento.
  3. 3
    Broche que se usa para cerrar los libros de devoción u otros objetos.
  4. 4
    Especie de tallitos volubles que tienen las plantas trepadoras para asirse a las superficies sobre las que crecen.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #94,339 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "manecilla"?
"manecilla" is spelled M-A-N-E-C-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maneˈsiʝa].
What does "manecilla" mean?
As a noun, "manecilla" means: Aguja que en algunos instrumentos de medición indica el valor. En particular las de los relojes, que indican la hora, minuto o segundo.
How do you pronounce "manecilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manecilla" is [maneˈsiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manecilla" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.