manecilla
[maneˈsiʝa]
The verdict
“manecilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #94,339 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,339
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aguja que en algunos instrumentos de medición indica el valor. En particular las de los relojes, que indican la hora, minuto o segundo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-manecilla · manecilla · Spanish
manecilla · rank #94,339 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #94,339
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mandarían
Nearest frequency peer: mandarían (-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 “manecilla”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- manan
manan
5,665 corpus weight
- manara
manara
5,664 corpus weight
- mandarían
mandarían
5,663 corpus weight
- manecilla
manecilla
5,662 corpus weight
- mantero
mantero
5,659 corpus weight
- marabunta
marabunta
5,658 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “manecilla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manecilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maneˈsiʝa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #94,339 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “manecilla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
manecilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #94,339 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maneˈsiʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
manecilla has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is manecilla, spelled M-A-N-E-C-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Aguja que en algunos instrumentos de medición indica el valor. En particular las de los relojes, que indican la hora, minuto o segundo.
- 2Signo con forma de mano señalando con el índice extendido, que se usa para llamar la atención sobre algún elemento.
- 3Broche que se usa para cerrar los libros de devoción u otros objetos.
- 4Especie de tallitos volubles que tienen las plantas trepadoras para asirse a las superficies sobre las que crecen.
Synonyms
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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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