manzana

/[mãnˈsana]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,407

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

manzana is aSpanishnoun. It means: Fruta comestible del manzano (Malus domestica), un pomo crujiente, de intenso y agradable aroma y sabor de dulce a subácido, recubierto de una piel delgada de color verde, rojo o amarillo. Pronounced [mãnˈsana]. It ranks #5,407 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Mariana and Montana.

Key facts for manzana
PropertyValue
Headwordmanzana
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mãnˈsana]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,407
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for manzana is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mãnˈsana]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,407 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for manzana, with forms such as "amnzana", "manazna", and "mannzana". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "Mariana", "Montana", "manzano", 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 manzana, spelled M-A-N-Z-A-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruta comestible del manzano (Malus domestica), un pomo crujiente, de intenso y agradable aroma y sabor de dulce a subácido, recubierto de una piel delgada de color verde, rojo o amarillo.
  2. 2
    Conjunto de construcciones o espacios urbanos, delimitado por calles en todos sus lados.
  3. 3
    Por analogía, protuberancia de la parte delantera de la garganta, característica en los varones adultos, formada por la articulación de las dos láminas del cartílago tiroides. El ángulo de encuentro es más agudo entre los varones que entre las mujeres (90º y 120º, respectivamente).

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amnzana,manazna,mannzana,manzaan,manzanna,manznaa,manzzana,maznana,mmanzana,mnazana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for manzana

Misspelling Variants of "manzana"

amnzana7manazna7mannzana8manzaan7manzanna8manznaa7manzzana8maznana7
Misspelling Variants of "manzana"

Frequency rank: #5,407 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "manzana"?
"manzana" is spelled M-A-N-Z-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [mãnˈsana].
What does "manzana" mean?
As a noun, "manzana" means: Fruta comestible del manzano (Malus domestica), un pomo crujiente, de intenso y agradable aroma y sabor de dulce a subácido, recubierto de una piel delgada de color verde, rojo o amarillo.
What words are commonly confused with "manzana"?
"manzana" is commonly confused with "Mariana", "Montana", "manzano". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manzana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manzana" is [mãnˈsana]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manzana" come from?
"manzana" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.