manhood
/ˈmænhʊd/noun
manhood is spelled M-A-N-H-O-O-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, manhood means “The state or condition of being a human being” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of manhood is manhoods.
How many letters and syllables are in manhood?
| Letters | 7: M-A-N-H-O-O-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is manhood?
Manhood appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce manhood?
- /ˈmænhʊd/
Manhood has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-manhood.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with manhood?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as manhood.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: hoodman.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of manhood
- manhoods plural
- manhead
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does manhood mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The state or condition of being a human being.
He feared the speedy decline of all manhood.
- 2
The state or condition of being a man, as contrasted with being a boy, woman, girl, or nonbinary.
He was a strapping youth poised on the brink of manhood.
- 3
All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.
(exclusively and universally: only synonymous in cases for which women are excluded, and when the meaning of manhood is universal or worldwide)
- 4
The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.
My goodness, James certainly is a prime example of manhood, isn't he?
- 5
The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.
The failure of William's business seems to have been quite damaging to his manhood.
- 6
The male genitalia, especially the penis.
She spied on him in the shower and glimpsed his manhood.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Manhood in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | humanité , virilité , masculinité |
| German | Menschentum, Menschsein, Menschheit , Männlichkeit, Mannsein |
| Spanish | humanidad , virilidad, masculinidad, hombría |
| Portuguese | virilidade |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does manhood come from?
From Middle English manhode, also manhede (> obsolete English manhead), equivalent to man + -hood. Cognate with Middle Dutch manheit (“manhood”), Middle Low German manheit (whence German Low German Mannheit (“manhood”)), German Mannheit (“manhood”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).