Manx
/mæŋks/
"manx" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Manx” is uncommon English (frequency #51,841 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,841
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relating to the Isle of Man or its Celto-Germanic people.
Corpus desk
Index EN-manx · Manx · English
Manx · rank #51,841 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,841
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mandibular
Nearest frequency peer: mandibular (-1 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 “Manx”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Machiavelli…
Machiavellian
48,165 corpus weight
- Maimonides
Maimonides
48,164 corpus weight
- mandibular
mandibular
48,161 corpus weight
- Manx
Manx
48,160 corpus weight
- masochistic
masochistic
48,157 corpus weight
- McCarron
McCarron
48,155 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Manx” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Manx |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /mæŋks/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #51,841 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Manx” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Manx is uncommon English at frequency #51,841 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /mæŋks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Manx in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk. The correct English form is Manx, spelled M-A-N-X.
Definition
- 1Relating to the Isle of Man or its Celto-Germanic people.
- 2Relating to the Manx language (also known as Manx Gaelic), a Gaelic language of the Goidelic family.
- 3Relating to the Manx cat breed.
Etymology
Altered from Maniske, from assumed Old Norse *manskr, an adjectival form of Mǫn (“Isle of Man”), from Old Irish Mana; compare with Norwegian Bokmål mansk.
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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