mangal
/ˈmæŋɡəl/
"mangal" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mangal” is uncommon English (frequency #74,289 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,289
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mangal · mangal · English
mangal · rank #74,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,289
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Mandan
Nearest frequency peer: Mandan (-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 “mangal”
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 “mangal” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mangal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmæŋɡəl/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mangal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mangal is uncommon English at frequency #74,289 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmæŋɡəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees.".
mangal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Portuguese mangal, from Portuguese mangue (“mangrove”) + Portuguese -al (“-al”) The correct English form is mangal, spelled M-A-N-G-A-L.
Definition
- 1A tropical and subtropical coastal intertidal swampland ecosystem characterized by mangroves or similar shrubs and trees.
Etymology
From Portuguese mangal, from Portuguese mangue (“mangrove”) + Portuguese -al (“-al”)
This word in other languages
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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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.