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“magma” and “manía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,379
- “magma” frequency rank
- #16,151
- “manía” frequency rank
- 56530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magma | manía |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Materia rocosa en estado líquido que compone el interior de la Tierra y otros planetas | Entusiasmo excesivo, interés intenso o deseo irresistible. |
Where the eye mixes magma and manía
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. magma (CVCCV) and manía (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: magma vs manía
A purely visual mix-up. magma ([ˈmaɣ̞ma]) and manía ([maˈnia]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magma is recorded at frequency rank #40,379, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaɣ̞ma]. manía is at rank #16,151, tagged as anoun, pronounced [maˈnia].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 56530, this pair ranks #74,252 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of magma vs manía
Shared letters: am. Private to "magma": g. Private to "manía": ní.
"magma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "manía" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- magma ← amgma · magam · maggma · magmma · mamga · mgama · mmagma
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "magma" and "manía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "magma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,252 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magma" and "manía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magma vs migra". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #74,252 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.