manitas
[maˈnit̪as]
The verdict
“manitas” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #33,220 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #33,220
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona experta en una amplia gama de reparaciones, por lo general relacionadas con el hogar.
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 | manitas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈnit̪as] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #33,220 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manitas” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for manitas is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈnit̪as]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,220 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona experta en una amplia gama de reparaciones, por lo general relacionadas con el hogar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for manitas, with forms such as "amnitas", "maintas", and "maniats". 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, "manta", "Matas", "Matías", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is manitas, spelled M-A-N-I-T-A-S.
Definition
- 1Persona experta en una amplia gama de reparaciones, por lo general relacionadas con el hogar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amnitas,maintas,maniats,manitass,manitsa,manittas,mannitas,mantias,mmanitas,mnaitas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manitas - 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 “manitas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-I-T-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈnit̪as] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “manta” - see the side-by-side comparison. manitas vs manta
- 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.