manumission
/mænjʊˈmɪʃən/
"manumission" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“manumission” is uncommon English (frequency #96,196 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,196
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Release from slavery or other legally sanctioned servitude; the giving of freedom; the act of manumitting.
Corpus desk
Index EN-manumission · manumission · English
manumission · rank #96,196 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,196
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH manto
Nearest frequency peer: manto (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “manumission”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Malzahn
Malzahn
3,810 corpus weight
- Mamta
Mamta
3,809 corpus weight
- manto
manto
3,807 corpus weight
- manumission
manumission
3,805 corpus weight
- Mariani
Mariani
3,801 corpus weight
- Maribyrnong
Maribyrnong
3,800 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “manumission” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “manumission” in English
Rare enough to double-check
manumission is uncommon English at frequency #96,196 among 4,057 “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.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how manumission appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The manumission of the slaves in New York has been gradual.
The most important law of Augustus, was the lex oelia sentia, deserving of all praise, which related to the manumission of slaves.
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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