manitou
/ˈmanɪtuː/noun
manitou is spelled M-A-N-I-T-O-U: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, manitou means “A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of manitou is manitous.
How many letters and syllables are in manitou?
| Letters | 7: M-A-N-I-T-O-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th 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; 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 manitou?
Manitou appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th 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 manitou?
- /ˈmanɪtuː/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-manitou.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with manitou?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as manitou.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: tinamou.
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 manitou
- manitous plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does manitou mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Indians.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Manitou in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense A god or spirit as the object of religious awe or ritual among some American Ind:
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 manitou come from?
From Pidgin Delaware Manétto, from Unami manëtu and Munsee manútoow, later influenced by French manitou, from Cree/Montagnais manito꞉w; from Proto-Algonquian *maneto·wa (“supernatural being”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).