mansion

Name: mansion, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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/ˈmæn.ʃən/

//ˈmæn.ʃən// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“mansion” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #6,933. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,933
frequency rank, English: 36,575
“M” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mansion vs mason

71% similar

mansion vs Marion

57% similar

mansion vs Manson

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mansion
Property	Value
Headword	mansion
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ˈmæn.ʃən/
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#6,933
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	9
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mansion” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mansion lands here:

#6,933

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mansion (IPA /ˈmæn.ʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,933 among 36,575 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mansion, with forms such as "amnsion", "manison", and "mannsion". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "mason", "Marion", "Manson", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: Inherited from Middle English mansioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mansion, mansiun, from Latin mānsiō (“dwelling, stopping-place”), from the past participle stem of manēre (“stay”). By surface analysis, manse + -ion. The correct English form is mansion, spelled M-A-N-S-I-O-N.

Definition

1
A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
2
A luxurious flat (apartment).
3
An apartment building.
4
A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.
5
A stopping-place during a journey; a stage.
6
An astrological house; a station of the moon.
7
One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.
8
An individual habitation or apartment within a large house or group of buildings. (Now chiefly in allusion to John 14:2.)
9
Any of the branches of the Rastafari movement.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mansioun, borrowed from Anglo-Norman mansion, mansiun, from Latin mānsiō (“dwelling, stopping-place”), from the past participle stem of manēre (“stay”). By surface analysis, manse + -ion.

This word in other languages

mansión(Español)manoir(Français)Herrenhaus(Deutsch)mansão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amnsion
manison
mannsion
mansino
mansionn
mansoin
manssion
mantion
masnion
mmansion
mnasion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mansion - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "mansion"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mansion"?

"mansion" is spelled M-A-N-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmæn.ʃən/.

What does "mansion" mean?

As a noun, "mansion" means: A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.

What words are commonly confused with "mansion"?

"mansion" is commonly confused with "mason", "Marion", "Manson". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "mansion"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mansion" is /ˈmæn.ʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What is the origin of the word "mansion"?

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Using “mansion”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is M-A-N-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as /ˈmæn.ʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “mason” - see the side-by-side comparison. mansion vs mason
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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.