micromanagement
"micromanagement" is a 15-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“micromanagement” is uncommon English (frequency #87,557 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,557
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The direct management of a project, etc. to an excessive degree, with too much attention to detail and insufficient delegation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-micromanagement · micromanagement · English
micromanagement · rank #87,557 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,557
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Milledgeville
Nearest frequency peer: Milledgeville (+3 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 “micromanagement”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Menken
Menken
12,450 corpus weight
- MFB
MFB
12,448 corpus weight
- micromanage…
micromanagement
12,444 corpus weight
- Milledgevil…
Milledgeville
12,441 corpus weight
- mintage
mintage
12,439 corpus weight
- mirador
mirador
12,438 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “micromanagement” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | micromanagement |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #87,557 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “micromanagement” in English
Rare enough to double-check
micromanagement is uncommon English at frequency #87,557 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
micromanagement doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From micro- + management. The correct English form is micromanagement, spelled M-I-C-R-O-M-A-N-A-G-E-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1The direct management of a project, etc. to an excessive degree, with too much attention to detail and insufficient delegation.
- 2The management of short-term or small-scale aspects of a strategy game.
Etymology
From micro- + management.
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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