mando
/ˈmændəʊ/
"mando" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mando” is uncommon English (frequency #61,616 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,616
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A mandatory, a sign or line that requires the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mando · mando · English
mando · rank #61,616 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,616
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Mandalorian
Nearest frequency peer: Mandalorian (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “mando”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- mainstage
mainstage
38,390 corpus weight
- malted
malted
38,388 corpus weight
- Mandalorian
Mandalorian
38,386 corpus weight
- mando
mando
38,385 corpus weight
- marchioness
marchioness
38,384 corpus weight
- Marci
Marci
38,383 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “mando” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mando |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmændəʊ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,616 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mando” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mando is uncommon English at frequency #61,616 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmændəʊ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A mandatory, a sign or line that requires the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.".
mando doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Clipping of mandatory + -o. The correct English form is mando, spelled M-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1A mandatory, a sign or line that requires the path of the disc to be above, below or to one side of it.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mando appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I am apparently very much in the minority regarding mandos. I think well considered mandatories can turn otherwise boring, wide open holes into something of more challenge and interest. But from what I can tell most golfers hate mandos.
Etymology
Clipping of mandatory + -o.
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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