mañoso
[maˈɲoso]
The verdict
“mañoso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,735 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,735
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,868
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que obra con maña (habilidad o astucia).
Corpus desk
Index ES-manoso · mañoso · Spanish
mañoso · rank #55,735 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,735
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,868
- PHOTO-FINISH mañanero
Nearest frequency peer: mañanero (-1 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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “mañoso”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- masacrado
masacrado
44,270 corpus weight
- mayoreo
mayoreo
44,268 corpus weight
- mañanero
mañanero
44,267 corpus weight
- mañoso
mañoso
44,266 corpus weight
- medicas
medicas
44,264 corpus weight
- medirá
medirá
44,263 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “mañoso” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mañoso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [maˈɲoso] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #55,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “mañoso” en español
Rare enough to double-check
mañoso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,735 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [maˈɲoso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
mañoso has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is mañoso, spelled M-A-Ñ-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Que obra con maña (habilidad o astucia).
- 2Que se ejecuta o realiza con maña.
- 3Que tiene manías, hábitos muy arraigados, o resabios.
- 4Que hace robos pequeños con maña o cautela.
- 5De conducta lujuriosa.
- 6Selectivo, especialmente con sus alimentos.
- 7Que obra con maldad o en perjuicio de otros.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mañoso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
… Ese tío era muy mañoso con su mujer, le pegaba mucho. Yo le dije un día: Tía, ¿por qué se deja usted que le peguen así? ¿Por qué no le hace frente un día siquiera? …
This word in other languages
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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