mangonel
"mangonel" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mangonel” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mangonel · mangonel · English
mangonel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mangonel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “mangonel” in English
Rare enough to double-check
mangonel is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mangonel in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon). The correct English form is mangonel, spelled M-A-N-G-O-N-E-L.
Definition
- 1A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
- 2A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mangonel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes.
Etymology
From Old French mangonel, from Latin manganellus, manganum, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.