mankind

/mænˈkaɪnd/noun

mankind is spelled M-A-N-K-I-N-D: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mankind means “The human race in its entirety” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

How many letters and syllables are in mankind?

Letters	7: M-A-N-K-I-N-D
Syllables	2 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing	7.6 times per million words; the 8,542nd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searched	none measured in search

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).

How common is mankind?

Mankind appears 7.6 times per million words in written English, the 8,542nd most frequent word form in the list.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce mankind?

/mænˈkaɪnd/

Mankind 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: En-us-mankind.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What does mankind mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

1
The human race in its entirety.
One small step for a man can be a giant leap for mankind.
2
Men collectively, as opposed to all women.
3
obsoleteHuman feelings; humanity.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Mankind in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

Language	Words
French	humanité, genre humain (human race), hommes (men collectively, as opposed to all women – see…)
German	Menschheit, Menschengeschlecht (human race), Männer (men collectively, as opposed to all women – see…)
Portuguese	humanidade (human race)
Spanish	humanidad, género humano, raza humana (human race), hombres, varones (men collectively, as opposed to all women – see…)

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 mankind come from?

From Middle English mankynde, alteration (due to kynde = “kind, nature, sort”) of earlier mankyn, from Old English mancynn. Equivalent to man + kin, and/or man + -kind. Cognate with Scots mankind, Middle High German mankünne, Danish mandkøn, Icelandic mannkyn (“mankind”). See also mankin.