Manila
[maˈnila]
The verdict
“Manila” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #12,865 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #12,865
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capital de Filipinas.
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 | Manila |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [maˈnila] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #12,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Manila” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for Manila is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈnila]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,865 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Capital de Filipinas.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Manila, with forms such as "amnila", "mainla", and "manial". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mila", "María", "manta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is Manila, spelled M-A-N-I-L-A.
Definition
- 1Capital de Filipinas.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amnila,mainla,manial,manilla,manlia,mannila,mmanila,mnaila
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Manila - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Manila”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-I-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈnila] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mila” - see the side-by-side comparison. Manila vs mila
- 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.