manner
man·ner/ˈmænɚ/noun, verb
manner is spelled M-A-N-N-E-R, 2 syllables: man·ner. The wrong spelling people search most is mannor: about 120 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 11 of all searches for the word. Manner is a noun meaning “Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything”. The plural of manner is manners.
How many letters and syllables are in manner?
| Letters | 6: M-A-N-N-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: man·ner |
| In writing | 35 times per million words; the 2,725th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, mannor, about 120 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| Pairs people search | |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell manner?
Manner is spelled M-A-N-N-E-R. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 11 of the searches for manner in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is manner?
Manner appears 35 times per million words in written English, the 2,725th 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 manner?
- UK /ˈmænə/
- US /ˈmænɚ/
Manner has 2 syllables, split man·ner in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-manner.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with manner
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sounds like: manna, manor (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with manner?
4 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as manner from its last stressed vowel (/ænəɹ/):
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 manner
- manners plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- mannering participle, present
- mannered participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does manner mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Mode of action; way of performing or doing anything.
- 2
Characteristic mode of acting or behaving; bearing.
His natural manner makes him seem like the boss.
- 3
One's customary method of acting; habit.
These people have strange manners.
- 4
Good, polite behaviour.
- 5
The style of writing or thought of an author; the characteristic peculiarity of an artist.
- 6
A certain degree or measure.
It is in a manner done already.
- 7
Sort; kind; style.
All manner of persons participate.
- 8
Standards of conduct cultured and product of mind.
- 9
rareSomething involving or requiring the specified number of men or people.
verb
- 1
To instill manners into.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate manner?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of manner: PVM, VPM.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Manner in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | manière, façon, mode |
| German | Weise, Manier |
| Portuguese | maneira, modo, jeito |
| Spanish | manera, modo, forma , actitud, modos |
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 manner come from?
From Middle English manere, maner, from Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuarius (“belonging to the hand”), from manus (“hand”). Compare French manière, Italian mannaia (“ax, axe”), Portuguese maneira and maneiro (“handy, portable”), Romanian mâner (“handle”), and Spanish manera. Displaced native Old English hād (“nature, manner”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).