mand
/mænd/
"mand" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mand” is uncommon English (frequency #70,868 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,868
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A verbal operant in which the response is reinforced by a characteristic consequence and is therefore under the functional control of relevant conditions of deprivation or aversive stimulation.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mand |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mænd/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #70,868 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mand” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mand is uncommon English at frequency #70,868 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mænd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A verbal operant in which the response is reinforced by a characteristic consequence and is therefore under the functional control of relevant conditions of deprivation or aversive stimulation.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mand in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: Introduced by B. F. Skinner. The correct English form is mand, spelled M-A-N-D.
Definition
- 1A verbal operant in which the response is reinforced by a characteristic consequence and is therefore under the functional control of relevant conditions of deprivation or aversive stimulation.
Etymology
Introduced by B. F. Skinner.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “mand”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-N-D - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mænd/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.