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manufacture

man·u·fac·ture/ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/noun, verb

manufacture is spelled M-A-N-U-F-A-C-T-U-R-E: 11 letters and 4 syllables (man·u·fac·ture). It appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, manufacture means “The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of manufacture is manufactures.

How many letters and syllables are in manufacture?

Letters11: M-A-N-U-F-A-C-T-U-R-E
Syllables4: man·u·fac·ture
In writing9.5 times per million words; the 7,338th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is manufacture?

Manufacture appears 9.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,338th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce manufacture?

  • US /ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/
  • US /ˌmænjəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/
  • US /ˌmænəˈfækt͡ʃɚ/

Manufacture has 4 syllables, split man·u·fac·ture in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-manufacture.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with manufacture?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as manufacture from its last stressed vowel (/æktʃəɹ/):

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of manufacture

  • manufactures plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • manufacturing participle, present
  • manufactured participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does manufacture mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.

  2. 2

    Anything made, formed or produced; product.

  3. 3

    The process of such production; generation, creation.

  4. 4

    A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

verb

  1. 1

    To make things, usually on a large scale, with tools and either physical labor or machinery.

  2. 2

    To work (raw or partly wrought materials) into suitable forms for use.

    to manufacture wool into blankets

  3. 3

    derogatoryTo fabricate; to create false evidence to support a point.

    The collegian keeps manufacturing new excuses for their tardiness.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate manufacture?

Wiktionary records one abbreviation of manufacture: manuf.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Manufacture in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchproduction (action or process of making goods…), produit (anything made, formed or produced; product), fabriquer (to make things), produire (to produce goods)
GermanProduktion, Herstellung (action or process of making goods…), Produkt (anything made, formed or produced; product), herstellen, erzeugen, anfertigen (to make things)
Portuguesefabricar, manufaturar (to make things), produzir (to produce goods)
Spanishfabricar (to make things), producir (to produce goods)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does manufacture come from?

From Middle French manufacture, from Old French, from Medieval Latin manūfactūra (“a making by hand”), from manūfactus, a compound of manū factus, manū being ablative of manus (“hand”), and factus past participle of faciō (“to do, make”). Compare manual, facture.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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