manía
[maˈnia]
The verdict
“manía” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #16,151 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,151
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Entusiasmo excesivo, interés intenso o deseo irresistible.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| 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) |
Where “manía” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for manía is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈnia]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,151 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Entusiasmo excesivo, interés intenso o deseo irresistible.
- 2Motivación o apego irracional por algo.
- 3Actitud negativa de mala voluntad, rechazo y molestia contra alguien.
- 4Enfermedad mental en la que la víctima sufre delirio y tiende a responder excesiva o violentamente, con furor.
- 5Manifestación del trastorno bipolar, caracterizado por cambio rapido de ánimo, sexualidad exagerada, irritabilidad y falta de sueño.
This word in other languages
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.
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 “manía”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-Í-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈnia] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mia” - see the side-by-side comparison. manía vs mia
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.