manadavsmañasTell them apart

Which to use

“manada” and “mañas” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,638
“manada” frequency rank
#31,436
“mañas” frequency rank
44074
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manada mañas
Definition Grupo de animales salvajes de carácter social que conviven o se desplazan juntos Forma del plural de maña.

Where the eye mixes manada and mañas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
manada
5 ch
mañas

Visual trap between manada and mañas

A purely visual mix-up. manada ([maˈnað̞a]) and mañas ([ˈmaɲas]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44074, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manada is recorded at frequency rank #12,638, classified as anoun, pronounced [maˈnað̞a]. mañas is at rank #31,436, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaɲas].

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 44074, this pair ranks #139,065 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of manada vs mañas

Shared letters: am. Private to "manada": dn. Private to "mañas": .

"manada" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "mañas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manadaamnada · maanda · manaad · manadda · mandaa · mannada · mmanada · mnaada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "manada" for "mañas" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([maˈnað̞a] versus [ˈmaɲas]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "manada" or "mañas"?
"manada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,638 in our Spanish list, against #31,436 for "mañas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "manada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mañas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #139,065 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manada" and "mañas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "makes vs mañas". 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 #139,065 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list