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Which to use

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

#49,781
“manglar” frequency rank
#34,206
“manglares” frequency rank
83987
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature manglar manglares
Definition Tipo de ecosistema tropical encontrado cerca de desembocaduras de ríos en el mar, formado por agua de curso lento y vegetación de árboles y arbustos muy tolerantes al agua salada (mangles). Forma del plural de manglar.

Where the eye mixes manglar and manglares

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. manglar runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against manglares's 9 (CVCCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
manglar
9 ch
manglares

Visual trap between manglar and manglares

A purely visual mix-up. manglar ([mãŋˈglaɾ]) and manglares ([mãŋˈglaɾes]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “manglar” sits inside “manglares”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

manglar is recorded at frequency rank #49,781, classified as anoun, pronounced [mãŋˈglaɾ]. manglares is at rank #34,206, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mãŋˈglaɾes].

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 83987, this pair ranks #7,522 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of manglar vs manglares

Shared letters: aglmnr. Private to "manglar": -. Private to "manglares": es.

"manglar" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "manglares" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • manglar ← amnglar · magnlar · mangalr · mangglar · manglarr · mangllar · manglra · manlgar
  • manglares ← amnglares · magnlares · mangalres · mangglares · manglaers · manglaress · manglarres · manglarse

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "manglar" and "manglares" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([mãŋˈglaɾ] versus [mãŋˈglaɾes]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "manglar" vs "manglares" - which ranks higher?
"manglares" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,206 in our Spanish list, against #49,781 for "manglar". 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 "manglar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "manglares" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,522 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "manglar" and "manglares" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manglar vs maxilar". 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 #7,522 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