management
/ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/noun
management is spelled M-A-N-A-G-E-M-E-N-T. The wrong spelling people search most is mangement: about 240 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026). Management is a noun meaning “Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution…”. The plural of management is managements.
How many letters and syllables are in management?
| Letters | 10: M-A-N-A-G-E-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 135 times per million words; the 770th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 2; the most searched, mangement, about 240 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell management?
Management is spelled M-A-N-A-G-E-M-E-N-T. 2 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is management?
Management appears 135 times per million words in written English, the 770th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce management?
- UK /ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/
- US /ˈmæn.ɪdʒ.mənt/
- /ˈmæn.ədʒ.mənt/
Management has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-management.ogg, En-us-management.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with management?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as management from its last stressed vowel (/ænɪdʒmənt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of management
- managements plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does management mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Administration; the use of limited resources combined with forecasting, planning, leadership and execution skills to achieve predetermined specific goals.
- 2
The executives of an organisation, especially senior executives.
- 3
Judicious use of means to accomplish an end.
Excellent time management helped her succeed in all facets of her life.
- 4
The prosecuting side in an impeachment trial (as opposed to the respondent or defending side).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate management?
Wiktionary records 7 abbreviations of management: Mgmt., Mx, man., mangt., mgmt, mgt, mng't.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Management in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | administration, gestion, gérance, direction |
| German | Verwaltung, Führung, Handhabung, Leitung, Regie, Management |
| Portuguese | administração, gerência |
| Spanish | gestión, gerenciamiento, gerenteo , gerencia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does management come from?
From manage + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).