mantener

Name: mantener, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[mãn̪t̪eˈneɾ]

/[mãn̪t̪eˈneɾ]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“mantener” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #827. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#827
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,868
“M” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proveer a alguien de sustento, en especial alimentario o económico

Corpus desk

Index ES-mantener · mantener · Spanish

mantener · rank #827 · 12 variants · 12 confusables

FREQ-CORE #827
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 3,868
PHOTO-FINISH malo

Nearest frequency peer: malo (-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.

hicieron

99,176
malo

99,175
mantener

99,174
modelo

99,173
natural

99,172
necesidad

99,171

What this shows “mantener” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mantener vs mantiene

75% similar

mantener vs mantenga

75% similar

mantener vs mantenía

75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mantener
Property	Value
Headword	mantener
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[mãn̪t̪eˈneɾ]
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#827
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	12
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “mantener”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).mantenercae aquí:

#827

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “malo” (#826), “modelo” (#828), “hicieron” (#825). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “mantener” va en #827. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around mantener (IPA [mãn̪t̪eˈneɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #827 among 3,868 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mantener, with forms such as "amntener", "manetner", and "manntener". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "mantiene", "mantenga", "mantenía", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is mantener, spelled M-A-N-T-E-N-E-R.

Definition

1
Proveer a alguien de sustento, en especial alimentario o económico
2
Cuidar de algo evitando que decaiga o restaurándolo con el fin de que permanezca en un estado tan similar al original como sea posible
3
Sostener algo con el fin de conservarlo en la posición requerida o para que no se caiga
4
No dejar de llevar a cabo la acción que se está ejecutando

Synonyms

sustentaralimentar nutrir amparar ayudar conservar cuidar custodiar guardar aguantar sostener tener sujetar continuarproseguirseguir

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amntener
manetner
manntener
manteenr
mantenerr
mantenner
mantenre
mantneer
manttener
matnener
mmantener
mnatener

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mantener - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "mantener"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mantener"?

"mantener" is spelled M-A-N-T-E-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [mãn̪t̪eˈneɾ].

What does "mantener" mean?

As a verb, "mantener" means: Proveer a alguien de sustento, en especial alimentario o económico

What words are commonly confused with "mantener"?

"mantener" is commonly confused with "mantiene", "mantenga", "mantenía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "mantener"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mantener" is [mãn̪t̪eˈneɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mantener" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mantener", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hicieron#825 supuesto#816 comisión#839 superior#815

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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