mangle
[ˈmãŋgle]
The verdict
“mangle” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,977 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,977
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Arbusto de la familia de las rizoforáceas, de tres a cuatro metros de altura, cuyas ramas, largas y extendidas, dan unos vástagos que descienden hasta tocar el suelo y arraigar en él. Es propio de ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mangle |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmãŋgle] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,977 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mangle” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mangle is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,977 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmãŋgle]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arbusto de la familia de las rizoforáceas, de tres a cuatro metros de altura, cuyas ramas, largas y extendidas, dan unos vástagos que descienden hasta tocar el suelo y arraigar en él. Es propio de ...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mangle, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is mangle, spelled M-A-N-G-L-E.
Definition
- 1Arbusto de la familia de las rizoforáceas, de tres a cuatro metros de altura, cuyas ramas, largas y extendidas, dan unos vástagos que descienden hasta tocar el suelo y arraigar en él. Es propio de los países tropicales, y las hojas, frutos y corteza se emplean en las tenerías.
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 “mangle”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-G-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.