# mane

> English word · Noun · IPA /meɪn/ · frequency rank #18,883

## Definitions
1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion.
2. Long or thick hair of a person's head.
3. Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.

## Etymology
From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”).
Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Danish man (“horse's mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).

## Easily confused with
- **ME** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-me)
- **MN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-mn)
- **may** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-may)
- **men** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-men)
- **map** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-map)
- **max** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-max)
- **min** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-min)
- **mar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-mar)
- **mon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-mon)
- **mat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-mat)
- **mao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-mao)
- **moe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-moe)
- **Mau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-mau)
- **mee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-mee)
- **mun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-mun)
- **MSN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-msn)
- **maw** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-maw)
- **Mme** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-mme)
- **MBE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-mbe)
- **Mie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-mie)

## Common misspellings (3)
`manne`, `mmane`, `mnae`

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