manners
/ˈmæn.ɚz/noun, verb
manners is spelled M-A-N-N-E-R-S: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, manners means “Etiquette” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in manners?
| Letters | 7: M-A-N-N-E-R-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 6.8 times per million words; the 9,165th 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 manners?
Manners appears 6.8 times per million words in written English, the 9,165th 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 manners?
- US /ˈmæn.ɚz/
Manners 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-manners.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does manners mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Etiquette.
- 2
Good manners.
- 3
plural of manner
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of manner
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Manners in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense etiquette:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | mœurs, manières |
| German | Manieren |
| Portuguese | etiqueta, maneiras |
| Spanish | modales, modales (disused) |
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.