mansfield
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "mansfield", 9-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "mansfield" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "mansfield" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
Mansfield is aEnglishname. It means: A town in Nottinghamshire, England. Often confused with Mayfield and minefield.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mansfield |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Name |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Mansfield is 9 letters long, classified as aname. Corpus data places it at rank #16,745 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 31 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mansfield, with forms such as "amnsfield", "manfsield", and "mannsfield". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Mayfield", "minefield", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English Mamesfeld, from a Brythonic word mamm, meaning "mother" or "breast" + feld (“field”). Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Mansfield, spelled M-A-N-S-F-I-E-L-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A town in Nottinghamshire, England.
- 2Mansfield District, a local government district in Nottinghamshire with its headquarters in the town.
- 3A small village north of New Cumnock, East Ayrshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6214).
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- 27A suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
- 28A town in eastern Victoria, Australia.
- 29A local government area in Victoria, Australia, which includes the town; in full, the Shire of Mansfield.
- 30A surname.
- 31Ellipsis of Mansfield College, Oxford.
Etymology
From Old English Mamesfeld, from a Brythonic word mamm, meaning "mother" or "breast" + feld (“field”).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amnsfield,manfsield,mannsfield,mansfeild,mansffield,mansfiedl,mansfieldd,mansfielld,mansfiled,mansifeld,manssfield,masnfield,mmansfield,mnasfield
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Frequency rank: #16,745 in English
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