# manure

> English word · Verb · IPA /məˈnjʊə/ · frequency rank #22,434

## Definitions
1. To cultivate by manual labor; to till; hence, to develop by culture.
2. To apply manure (as fertilizer or soil improver).

## Etymology
From Middle English maynouren, manuren (“to supervise, toil”), borrowed from Anglo-Norman meinourer and Old French manovrer (whence also English maneuver, or in French manœuvrer) from Vulgar Latin *manuoperare (“work by hand”), from Latin manū (“by hand”) + operārī (“to work”).

## Easily confused with
- **mare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manure-vs-mare)
- **Maude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manure-vs-maude)
- **Maura** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manure-vs-maura)
- **manus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manure-vs-manus)
- **mauve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manure-vs-mauve)
- **minute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manure-vs-minute)
- **mature** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manure-vs-mature)
- **Maurer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manure-vs-maurer)
- **measure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manure-vs-measure)
- **manu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manu-vs-manure)
- **mane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mane-vs-manure)
- **manor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manor-vs-manure)
- **manage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manage-vs-manure)
- **manual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manual-vs-manure)
- **Manuel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manuel-vs-manure)
- **mantle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mantle-vs-manure)
- **mantra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mantra-vs-manure)
- **maduro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maduro-vs-manure)
- **Maguire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maguire-vs-manure)
- **Manfred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manfred-vs-manure)

## Common misspellings (8)
`amnure`, `mannure`, `manrue`, `manuer`, `manurre`, `maunre`, `mmanure`, `mnaure`

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