manual

/[maˈnwal]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,717

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

manual is anSpanishadj. It means: Que pertenece o concierne a las manos Pronounced [maˈnwal]. It ranks #3,717 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Manuel and mental.

Key facts for manual
PropertyValue
Headwordmanual
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[maˈnwal]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,717
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of manual in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for manual is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈnwal]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,717 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for manual, with forms such as "amnual", "manaul", and "mannual". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Manuel", "mental", "mutual", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is manual, spelled M-A-N-U-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que pertenece o concierne a las manos
  2. 2
    Que se realiza o ejecuta con las manos
  3. 3
    Que trabaja u opera con las manos
  4. 4
    Fácil de manejar o realizar
  5. 5
    Por extensión, fácil de comprender o interpretar
  6. 6
    Dicho de una persona, que por carácter o inclinación acata sin cuestionamiento las órdenes

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amnual,manaul,mannual,manuall,manula,maunal,mmanual,mnaual

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for manual

Misspelling Variants of "manual"

amnual6manaul6mannual7manuall7manula6maunal6mmanual7mnaual6
Misspelling Variants of "manual"

Frequency rank: #3,717 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "manual"?
"manual" is spelled M-A-N-U-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈnwal].
What does "manual" mean?
As an adj, "manual" means: Que pertenece o concierne a las manos
What words are commonly confused with "manual"?
"manual" is commonly confused with "Manuel", "mental", "mutual". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manual"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manual" is [maˈnwal]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manual" come from?
"manual" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter M in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.