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 May 6, 2026) - A military engine formerly used for throwing stones and burning objects.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mangonel |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mangonel” sits in English frequency
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.
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.
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Using “mangonel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-N-G-O-N-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.