manús
[maˈnus]
The verdict
“manús” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Macho de la especie humana.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manús |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈnus] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manús” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for manús is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maˈnus]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Macho de la especie humana.".
Zero misspellings are on record for manús in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is manús, spelled M-A-N-Ú-S.
Definition
- 1Macho de la especie humana.
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 “manús”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is M-A-N-Ú-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maˈnus] (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.