muñeca

/[muˈɲeka]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,326

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

muñeca is aSpanishnoun. It means: Articulación del cuerpo que une el brazo con la mano. Pronounced [muˈɲeka]. It ranks #7,326 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with música and muñeco.

Key facts for muñeca
PropertyValue
Headwordmuñeca
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[muˈɲeka]
Letters6
Frequency rank#7,326
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for muñeca is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [muˈɲeka]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,326 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for muñeca, with forms such as "mmuñeca", "mueñca", and "muñcea". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "música", "muñeco", "Múnich", 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 muñeca, spelled M-U-Ñ-E-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Articulación del cuerpo que une el brazo con la mano.
  2. 2
    Figura hecha de distintos materiales, como la madera, el cartón, trapos o plástico, que reproduce a una mujer de cualquier edad, que sirve habitualmente de juguete y entretenimiento a las niñas.
  3. 3
    Lío de trapos que se empapa en algún líquido, para limpiar, pulimentar o pintar.
  4. 4
    Mujer muy atractiva o arreglada.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmuñeca,mueñca,muñcea,muñeac,muñecca,mñueca,umñeca

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for muñeca

Misspelling Variants of "muñeca"

mmuñeca7mueñca6muñcea6muñeac6muñecca7mñueca6umñeca6
Misspelling Variants of "muñeca"

Frequency rank: #7,326 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muñeca"?
"muñeca" is spelled M-U-Ñ-E-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [muˈɲeka].
What does "muñeca" mean?
As a noun, "muñeca" means: Articulación del cuerpo que une el brazo con la mano.
What words are commonly confused with "muñeca"?
"muñeca" is commonly confused with "música", "muñeco", "Múnich". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muñeca"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muñeca" is [muˈɲeka]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muñeca" come from?
"muñeca" 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.