# manga

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmæŋɡə/ · frequency rank #7,473

## Definitions
1. A comic originating in Japan.
2. An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese comics, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of comics from other countries.
3. Any comic in such a style, regardless of the country of origin.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), from Middle Chinese 漫 (MC manH, “free, unrestrained”) + 畫 (MC hweaH|hweak, “drawing”). Compare Mandarin 漫畫／漫画 (mànhuà), Korean 만화 (漫畵／漫畫, manhwa). After an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai. Doublet of manhua and manhwa.

## Easily confused with
- **many** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-many)
- **mega** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mega)
- **Maya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-maya)
- **mann** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mann)
- **mans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mans)
- **ming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-ming)
- **mona** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mona)
- **mata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mata)
- **mara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mara)
- **mina** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mina)
- **manu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-manu)
- **mani** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mani)
- **mRNA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mrna)
- **Meng** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-meng)
- **mong** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mong)
- **MENA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mena)
- **mano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-mano)
- **masa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-masa)
- **marg** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-marg)
- **Maria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-maria)

## Common misspellings (6)
`amnga`, `manag`, `mangga`, `mannga`, `mmanga`, `mnaga`

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