manfully
"manfully" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“manfully” is uncommon English (frequency #89,597 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,597
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In a manful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a man, such as strength, courage, and determination.
Corpus desk
Index EN-manfully · manfully · English
manfully · rank #89,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,597
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH manioc
Nearest frequency peer: manioc (+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 “manfully”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
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10,409 corpus weight
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malum
10,408 corpus weight
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Manado
10,407 corpus weight
- manfully
manfully
10,404 corpus weight
- manioc
manioc
10,403 corpus weight
- manzanita
manzanita
10,402 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “manfully” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manfully |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “manfully” in English
Rare enough to double-check
manfully is uncommon English at frequency #89,597 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In a manful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a man, such as strength, courage, and determination.".
manfully doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English manfully; equivalent to manful + -ly. The correct English form is manfully, spelled M-A-N-F-U-L-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In a manful manner; with the characteristics considered typical of a man, such as strength, courage, and determination.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how manfully appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
[…] Apollyon wounded him in his head, his hand and foot; this made Chriſtian give a little back: Apollyon therefore followed his work amain, and Chriſtian again took courage, and reſiſted as manfully as he could.
She manfully struggled on, however - womanfully would perhaps be a stronger and more appropriate word. She had to calculate not only how to play her own hand correctly, but she had to calculate on her partner's probable errors.
Etymology
From Middle English manfully; equivalent to manful + -ly.
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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