manguera

/[mãŋˈgeɾa]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,057

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

manguera is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tubo hueco diseñado para transportar fluidos de un lugar a otro. Pronounced [mãŋˈgeɾa]. Often confused with manuela and mangueras.

Key facts for manguera
PropertyValue
Headwordmanguera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mãŋˈgeɾa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,057
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for manguera is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mãŋˈgeɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,057 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tubo hueco diseñado para transportar fluidos de un lugar a otro.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for manguera, with forms such as "amnguera", "magnuera", and "mangeura". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "manuela", "mangueras", "manera", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 manguera, spelled M-A-N-G-U-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tubo hueco diseñado para transportar fluidos de un lugar a otro.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amnguera,magnuera,mangeura,mangguera,manguear,manguerra,mangurea,mannguera,manugera,mmanguera,mnaguera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for manguera

Misspelling Variants of "manguera"

amnguera8magnuera8mangeura8mangguera9manguear8manguerra9mangurea8mannguera9
Misspelling Variants of "manguera"

Frequency rank: #21,057 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "manguera"?
"manguera" is spelled M-A-N-G-U-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [mãŋˈgeɾa].
What does "manguera" mean?
As a noun, "manguera" means: Tubo hueco diseñado para transportar fluidos de un lugar a otro.
What words are commonly confused with "manguera"?
"manguera" is commonly confused with "manuela", "mangueras", "manera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manguera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manguera" is [mãŋˈgeɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manguera" come from?
"manguera" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.