# manufacture

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌmænjuˈfækt͡ʃɚ/ · frequency rank #7,359

## Definitions
1. The action or process of making goods systematically or on a large scale.
2. Anything made, formed or produced; product.
3. The process of such production; generation, creation.
4. A watch manufacturer that makes its own parts, rather than assembling watches from parts obtained from other firms.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **manufacturer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manufacture-vs-manufacturer)
- **manufactured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manufacture-vs-manufactured)
- **manufacturers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manufacture-vs-manufacturers)

## Common misspellings (15)
`amnufacture`, `manfuacture`, `mannufacture`, `manuafcture`, `manufaccture`, `manufactrue`, `manufactture`, `manufactuer`, `manufacutre`, `manufatcure`, `manufcature`, `manuffacture`, `maunfacture`, `mmanufacture`, `mnaufacture`

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