# mankind

> English word · Noun · IPA /mænˈkaɪnd/ · frequency rank #8,573

## Definitions
1. The human race in its entirety.
2. Men collectively, as opposed to all women.
3. Human feelings; humanity.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **marking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mankind-vs-marking)
- **masking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mankind-vs-masking)
- **making** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/making-vs-mankind)
- **malkin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/malkin-vs-mankind)
- **Mancini** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mancini-vs-mankind)

## Common misspellings (11)
`amnkind`, `maknind`, `maniknd`, `mankidn`, `mankindd`, `mankinnd`, `mankkind`, `manknid`, `mannkind`, `mmankind`, `mnakind`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mankind