mangas

noun

"mangas" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“mangas” is uncommon English (frequency #87,524 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,524
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs.

Key facts for mangas
PropertyValue
Headwordmangas
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#87,524
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mangas” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mangas lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mangas is uncommon English at frequency #87,524 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs.".

mangas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Greek μάγκας (mágkas). The correct English form is mangas, spelled M-A-N-G-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs.

Etymology

From Greek μάγκας (mágkas).

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mangas"?
"mangas" is spelled M-A-N-G-A-S.
What does "mangas" mean?
As a noun, "mangas" means: A type of cocky, working-class man in early twentieth-century Greece, associated with violent behaviour, alcohol and hashish, and celebrated in various folk songs.
What is the origin of the word "mangas"?
From Greek μάγκας (mágkas). See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “mangas”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-A-N-G-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

Other uncommon English words near this 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list