manse
/mæns/
"manse" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“manse” is uncommon English (frequency #55,582 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,582
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To excommunicate; curse.
Corpus desk
Index EN-manse · manse · English
manse · rank #55,582 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,582
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mandibles
Nearest frequency peer: mandibles (-2 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.
Long-tail ranks near “manse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Mandelson
Mandelson
44,422 corpus weight
- mandibles
mandibles
44,421 corpus weight
- manse
manse
44,419 corpus weight
- marzipan
marzipan
44,416 corpus weight
- masterly
masterly
44,415 corpus weight
- masterwork
masterwork
44,414 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “manse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /mæns/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,582 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “manse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
manse is uncommon English at frequency #55,582 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /mæns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To excommunicate; curse.".
Zero misspellings are on record for manse in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“to excommunicate”). More at amanse. The correct English form is manse, spelled M-A-N-S-E.
Definition
- 1To excommunicate; curse.
Etymology
From Middle English mansien, apheretic variant of amansien, from Old English āmǣnsumian (“to excommunicate”). More at amanse.
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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