manipulaba
[manipuˈlaβ̞a]
The verdict
“manipulaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,121 among 36,142 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,121
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 36,142
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de manipular.
Corpus desk
Index ES-manipulaba · manipulaba · Spanish
manipulaba · rank #91,121 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,121
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,142
- PHOTO-FINISH Marilú
Nearest frequency peer: Marilú (+2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “manipulaba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- malabaristas
malabaristas
8,885 corpus weight
- mandona
mandona
8,883 corpus weight
- manipulaba
manipulaba
8,880 corpus weight
- Marilú
Marilú
8,878 corpus weight
- Marseille
Marseille
8,877 corpus weight
- mascando
mascando
8,876 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “manipulaba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manipulaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [manipuˈlaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,121 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manipulaba” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
manipulaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,121 among 36,142 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [manipuˈlaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for manipulaba, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is manipulaba, spelled M-A-N-I-P-U-L-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de manipular.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de manipular.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.