mantícora
[mãn̪ˈt̪ikoɾa]
The verdict
“mantícora” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Criatura quimérica mitológica con diversas formas según las fuentes; habitualmente con cabeza humana (frecuentemente con cuernos), cuerpo rojo (en ocasiones de león) y cola de dragón o escorpión, c...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mantícora |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mãn̪ˈt̪ikoɾa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mantícora” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mantícora is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mãn̪ˈt̪ikoɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Criatura quimérica mitológica con diversas formas según las fuentes; habitualmente con cabeza humana (frecuentemente con cuernos), cuerpo rojo (en ocasiones de león) y cola de dragón o escorpión, c...".
mantícora has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is mantícora, spelled M-A-N-T-Í-C-O-R-A.
Definition
- 1Criatura quimérica mitológica con diversas formas según las fuentes; habitualmente con cabeza humana (frecuentemente con cuernos), cuerpo rojo (en ocasiones de león) y cola de dragón o escorpión, capaz de disparar espinas venenosas para incapacitar o matar a sus presas.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “mantícora”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-T-Í-C-O-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [mãn̪ˈt̪ikoɾa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.