manía

Name: manía, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[maˈnia]

/[maˈnia]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“manía” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,151. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,151
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,868
“M” headwords: 6
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entusiasmo excesivo, interés intenso o deseo irresistible.

Corpus desk

Index ES-mania · manía · Spanish

manía · rank #16,151 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-MID #16,151
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 6 variants
BOOK-MID 3,868
PHOTO-FINISH mantengo

Nearest frequency peer: mantengo (-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.

mall

83,853
mantenemos

83,852
mantengo

83,851
manía

83,850
maquinas

83,849
mayúsculas

83,847

What this shows “manía” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

manía vs mia

40% similar

manía vs mano

60% similar

manía vs mapa

60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for manía
Property	Value
Headword	manía
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[maˈnia]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#16,151
Misspellings tracked	6
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “manía”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).maníacae aquí:

#16,151

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “mantengo” (#16,150), “maquinas” (#16,152), “mantenemos” (#16,149). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “manía” va en #16,151. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around manía (IPA [maˈnia]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,151 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for manía, with forms such as "amnía", "manaí", and "mannía". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mia", "mano", "mapa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is manía, spelled M-A-N-Í-A.

Definition

1
Entusiasmo excesivo, interés intenso o deseo irresistible.
2
Motivación o apego irracional por algo.
3
Actitud negativa de mala voluntad, rechazo y molestia contra alguien.
4
Enfermedad mental en la que la víctima sufre delirio y tiende a responder excesiva o violentamente, con furor.
5
Manifestación del trastorno bipolar, caracterizado por cambio rapido de ánimo, sexualidad exagerada, irritabilidad y falta de sueño.

Synonyms

animadversión bronca idea ojeriza roñaroñíatirria zorra

This word in other languages

mania(English)manie(Français)Manie(Deutsch)mania(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amnía
manaí
mannía
maína
mmanía
mnaía

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manía - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "manía"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "manía"?

"manía" is spelled M-A-N-Í-A. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈnia].

What does "manía" mean?

As a noun, "manía" means: Entusiasmo excesivo, interés intenso o deseo irresistible.

What words are commonly confused with "manía"?

"manía" is commonly confused with "mia", "mano", "mapa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "manía"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manía" is [maˈnia]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "manía" come from?

"manía" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "manía", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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