# manual

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmæn.j(ʊ)əl/ · frequency rank #4,172

## Definitions
1. Synonym of handbook.
2. A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
3. A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
4. An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
5. A keyboard on an organ.

## Etymology
From Middle English manuel, from Old French manuel, from Late Latin manuāle (“handbook, manual”).

## Easily confused with
- **maul** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manual-vs-maul)
- **manus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manual-vs-manus)
- **mental** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manual-vs-mental)
- **mutual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manual-vs-mutual)
- **Manuel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manual-vs-manuel)
- **manure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manual-vs-manure)
- **menial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manual-vs-menial)
- **manually** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manual-vs-manually)
- **manu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manu-vs-manual)
- **mana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mana-vs-manual)
- **manga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manga-vs-manual)
- **mania** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mania-vs-manual)
- **mahal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mahal-vs-manual)
- **manta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manta-vs-manual)
- **manna** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manna-vs-manual)
- **mammal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mammal-vs-manual)
- **maniac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maniac-vs-manual)
- **mantel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mantel-vs-manual)
- **Mandel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandel-vs-manual)
- **mandala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mandala-vs-manual)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amnual`, `manaul`, `mannual`, `manuall`, `manula`, `maunal`, `mmanual`, `mnaual`

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