# manage

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #2,798

## Definitions
1. To direct or be in charge of.
2. To handle or control (a situation, job).
3. To handle with skill, wield (a tool, weapon etc.).
4. To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty.
5. To succeed at an attempt in spite of difficulty.
6. To achieve (something) without fuss, or without outside help.
7. To manage to say; to say while fighting back embarrassment, laughter, etc.
8. To train (a horse) in the manège; to exercise in graceful or artful action.
9. To treat with care; to husband.
10. To bring about; to contrive.

## Etymology
From Early Modern English manage, menage, from Middle English *manage, *menage, from Old French manege (“the handling or training of a horse, horsemanship, riding, maneuvers, proceedings”), probably from Old Italian maneggiare (“to handle, manage, touch, treat”), from Vulgar Latin *manizāre (“handle”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + -izāre (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of manège.
Compare typologically English handle; Russian руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ) (< рука́ (ruká)).

## Easily confused with
- **mane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-mane)
- **mang** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-mang)
- **manga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-manga)
- **mango** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-mango)
- **marge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-marge)
- **mantle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-mantle)
- **menace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-menace)
- **mirage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-mirage)
- **manure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-manure)
- **manger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-manger)
- **manager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-manager)
- **managed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-managed)
- **massage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-massage)
- **mandate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-mandate)
- **manages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-manages)
- **montage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-montage)
- **manatee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-manatee)
- **mana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mana-vs-manage)
- **mage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-manage)
- **madge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/madge-vs-manage)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amnage`, `maange`, `manaeg`, `managge`, `mangae`, `mannage`, `mmanage`, `mnaage`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/manage