manuscript
/ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/
"manuscript" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“manuscript” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #8,062 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #8,062
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manuscript |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,062 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manuscript” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for manuscript is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,062 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for manuscript, with forms such as "amnuscript", "mannuscript", and "mansucript". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: 1597, from Medieval Latin manūscrīptus, a calque of Germanic origin, equivalent to Latin manū (ablative of manus (“hand”)) + Latin scrīptus (past participle of scribere (“to write”)). Not found in Classical Latin. The correct English form is manuscript, spelled M-A-N-U-S-C-R-I-P-T.
Definition
- 1Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
Etymology
1597, from Medieval Latin manūscrīptus, a calque of Germanic origin, equivalent to Latin manū (ablative of manus (“hand”)) + Latin scrīptus (past participle of scribere (“to write”)). Not found in Classical Latin.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amnuscript,mannuscript,mansucript,manucsript,manusccript,manuscirpt,manuscrippt,manuscriptt,manuscritp,manuscrpit,manuscrript,manusrcipt,manusscript,maunscript,mmanuscript,mnauscript
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manuscript - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “manuscript”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-N-U-S-C-R-I-P-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈmæn.jəˌskɹɪpt/ (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.