manliness
/ˈmænlɪnəs/
"manliness" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“manliness” is uncommon English (frequency #51,236 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,236
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manliness |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmænlɪnəs/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manliness” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
manliness is uncommon English at frequency #51,236 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmænlɪnəs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for manliness in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English manlynes, manlynesse. By surface analysis, manly + -ness. The correct English form is manliness, spelled M-A-N-L-I-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1The quality of being manly; the set of qualities, traits and abilities considered appropriate to men (as opposed to women or children); similarity to a man.
- 2Male genitals.
- 3Humanity, the quality of being human.
Etymology
From Middle English manlynes, manlynesse. By surface analysis, manly + -ness.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “manliness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-N-L-I-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmænlɪnəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.