Mandan
/ˈmænˌdæn/
"mandan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mandan” is uncommon English (frequency #74,288 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,288
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A member of a particular ethnic Native American tribe in North Dakota.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mandan · Mandan · English
Mandan · rank #74,288 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,288
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Mamata
Nearest frequency peer: Mamata (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Mandan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Malthus
Malthus
25,715 corpus weight
- Mamata
Mamata
25,714 corpus weight
- Mandan
Mandan
25,713 corpus weight
- mangal
mangal
25,712 corpus weight
- marga
marga
25,710 corpus weight
- Margulies
Margulies
25,709 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mandan” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mandan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmænˌdæn/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,288 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mandan” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mandan is uncommon English at frequency #74,288 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmænˌdæn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A member of a particular ethnic Native American tribe in North Dakota.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Mandan, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is Mandan, spelled M-A-N-D-A-N.
Definition
- 1A member of a particular ethnic Native American tribe in North Dakota.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.