# menial

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈmiːni.əl/ · frequency rank #35,406

## Definitions
1. Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
2. Of or relating to unskilled work.
3. Servile; low; mean.

## Etymology
From Middle English meyneal, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō (“house”).

## Easily confused with
- **metal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/menial-vs-metal)
- **Mensa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/menial-vs-mensa)
- **mental** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/menial-vs-mental)
- **minimal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/menial-vs-minimal)
- **meal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meal-vs-menial)
- **MENA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mena-vs-menial)
- **media** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/media-vs-menial)
- **medal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medal-vs-menial)
- **mania** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mania-vs-menial)
- **manual** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/manual-vs-menial)
- **median** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/median-vs-menial)
- **maniac** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maniac-vs-menial)
- **medial** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medial-vs-menial)
- **Mendel** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mendel-vs-menial)
- **medical** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/medical-vs-menial)

## Common misspellings (8)
`emnial`, `meinal`, `menail`, `meniall`, `menila`, `mennial`, `mmenial`, `mneial`

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