# manslaughter

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmænˌslɔːtə/ · frequency rank #17,668

## Definitions
1. The slaying of a human being.
2. The unlawful killing of a human, either in negligence or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger; considered less culpable than murder, but more culpable than justifiable homicide.

## Etymology
From Middle English manslaȝter, manslauter, equivalent to man + slaughter, or taken as an adaptation of Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), from mann (“person”) + sliht (“killing”), see manslaught. Cognate with Scots manslauchter (“homicide”). Compare also Old Frisian monslaga (“murder”).

## Common misspellings (19)
`amnslaughter`, `manlsaughter`, `mannslaughter`, `mansalughter`, `manslaguhter`, `manslaugghter`, `manslaughetr`, `manslaughhter`, `manslaughterr`, `manslaughtre`, `manslaughtter`, `manslaugther`, `manslauhgter`, `mansllaughter`, `mansluaghter`, `mansslaughter`, `masnlaughter`, `mmanslaughter`, `mnaslaughter`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/manslaughter