ill-mannered
"ill-mannered" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“ill-mannered” is outside the top-ranked English vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having bad manners; impolite.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ill-mannered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ill-mannered” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for ill-mannered is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
Etymology
Compare Middle English ille-ymanerite.
Synonyms
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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.
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Using “ill-mannered”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-L-L---M-A-N-N-E-R-E-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.