well-mannered
"well-mannered" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“well-mannered” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
Corpus desk
Index EN-well-mannered · well-mannered · English
well-mannered · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | well-mannered |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “well-mannered” in English
Rare enough to double-check
well-mannered is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for well-mannered, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Compare Middle English wel ymanerede, wel y-manerit. The correct English form is well-mannered, spelled W-E-L-L---M-A-N-N-E-R-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having good manners; polite, courteous, and socially correct; conforming to standards of good behaviour.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how well-mannered appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A well-mannered gentleman always allows others first.
Etymology
Compare Middle English wel ymanerede, wel y-manerit.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.