manumission
/mænjʊˈmɪʃən/
"manumission" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“manumission” is uncommon English (frequency #96,196 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,196
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; the act of manumitting.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manumission |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /mænjʊˈmɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #96,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manumission” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
manumission is uncommon English at frequency #96,196 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /mænjʊˈmɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; the act of manumitting.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for manumission in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English manumissioun, from Middle French manumission and its etymon Latin manūmissiō. The correct English form is manumission, spelled M-A-N-U-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; the act of manumitting.
Etymology
From Middle English manumissioun, from Middle French manumission and its etymon Latin manūmissiō.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “manumission”
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- The one correct English spelling is M-A-N-U-M-I-S-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /mænjʊˈmɪʃən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.