ill-mannered
"ill-mannered" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ill-mannered” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having bad manners; impolite.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ill-mannered · ill-mannered · English
ill-mannered · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ill-mannered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “ill-mannered” in English
Rare enough to double-check
ill-mannered is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having bad manners; impolite.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ill-mannered in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compare Middle English ille-ymanerite. The correct English form is ill-mannered, spelled I-L-L---M-A-N-N-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having bad manners; impolite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ill-mannered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He was extremely ill-mannered and caused offence wherever he went.
Etymology
Compare Middle English ille-ymanerite.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.