manyhood

noun

"manyhood" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“manyhood” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The state or condition of being many; multiplicity; abundance

Corpus desk

Index EN-manyhood · manyhood · English

manyhood · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for manyhood
PropertyValue
Headwordmanyhood
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “manyhood” in English

manyhoodranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

manyhood is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The state or condition of being many; multiplicity; abundance".

No generated misspelling entries exist for manyhood in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English *manyhode (found only as manyhede, manihede), equivalent to many + -hood. The correct English form is manyhood, spelled M-A-N-Y-H-O-O-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    The state or condition of being many; multiplicity; abundance

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how manyhood appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Then shalt thou rede the blessed law of the singleness that dieth for the more holy round of manyhood, to thrive, and speechless say by what we be: — […]
  2. Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing.

Etymology

From Middle English *manyhode (found only as manyhede, manihede), equivalent to many + -hood.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "manyhood"?
"manyhood" is spelled M-A-N-Y-H-O-O-D.
What does "manyhood" mean?
As a noun, "manyhood" means: The state or condition of being many; multiplicity; abundance
What is the origin of the word "manyhood"?
From Middle English *manyhode (found only as manyhede, manihede), equivalent to many + -hood. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list