mans
/mænz/
"mans" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“mans” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #11,566. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,566
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of man
Corpus desk
Index EN-mans · mans · English
mans · rank #11,566 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,566
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH manifest
Nearest frequency peer: manifest (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mans”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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88,438 corpus weight
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88,437 corpus weight
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manifest
88,436 corpus weight
- mans
mans
88,435 corpus weight
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Marx
88,434 corpus weight
- mets
mets
88,433 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mans” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mans |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mænz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #11,566 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mans” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around mans (IPA /mænz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,566 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of man".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mans, with forms such as "amns", "manns", and "manss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MS", "MN", "may", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From man + -s (third-person singular suffix). The correct English form is mans, spelled M-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of man
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mans appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?
Etymology
From man + -s (third-person singular suffix).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amns
- manns
- manss
- masn
- mmans
- mnas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mans - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mans", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
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.