# manger

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmeɪn.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #29,363

## Definitions
1. A trough in a stable or barn for animals to eat from.
2. A section of a bow of a ship partitioned from the hawsehole to keep water out.

## Etymology
From Middle English manger, from Old French mangeoire, menjoere, from mangier (“to eat”) (modern French manger).
Cognate with Galician manxadoira, Italian mangiatoia, Occitan manjadoira, French mangeoire.

## Easily confused with
- **manor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-manor)
- **Mayer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-mayer)
- **miner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-miner)
- **mango** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-mango)
- **mater** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-mater)
- **marge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-marge)
- **matter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-matter)
- **master** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-master)
- **manner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-manner)
- **merger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-merger)
- **marker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-marker)
- **Manuel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-manuel)
- **manned** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-manned)
- **meager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-meager)
- **mantel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-mantel)
- **Manley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-manley)
- **meaner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-meaner)
- **monger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-monger)
- **Maurer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-maurer)
- **manners** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manger-vs-manners)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amnger`, `magner`, `manegr`, `mangerr`, `mangger`, `mangre`, `mannger`, `mmanger`, `mnager`

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