manilla
[maˈniʝa]
The verdict
“manilla” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #70,435 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #70,435
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento que se usa para machacar productos idóneos dentro del almirez. Se compone de dos partes, ambas redondeadas, la parte de arriba con menor circunferencia, especial para la medida de la ma...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈniʝa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manilla” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for manilla is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈniʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #70,435 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for manilla in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is manilla, spelled M-A-N-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Instrumento que se usa para machacar productos idóneos dentro del almirez. Se compone de dos partes, ambas redondeadas, la parte de arriba con menor circunferencia, especial para la medida de la mano; la parte inferior más gruesa y con una base redondeada y lisa, pensada para machacar.
- 2Pulsera.
Synonyms
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 “manilla”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-I-L-L-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈniʝa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.