mango

\mɑ̃.go\

/\mɑ̃.go\/ noun

The verdict

“mango” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #36,482. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#36,482
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Genre d’oiseaux-mouches à la fois nectarivores et insectivores, comprenant sept espèces de la sous-famille des trochilinés (e.g. « colibris ») au plumage iridescent aux couleurs métalliques riches ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-mango · mango · French

mango · rank #36,482 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #36,482
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH malbouffe

Nearest frequency peer: malbouffe (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mango »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mango » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mango vs Mans
40% similar
mango vs manu
60% similar
mango vs mono
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mango
PropertyValue
Headwordmango
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃.go\
Letters5
Frequency rank#36,482
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mango »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mangose place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « malbouffe » (#36,481), « manip » (#36,483), « malais » (#36,480). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mango » est au #36,482. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mango (IPA \mɑ̃.go\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #36,482 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Genre d’oiseaux-mouches à la fois nectarivores et insectivores, comprenant sept espèces de la sous-famille des trochilinés (e.g. « colibris ») au plumage iridescent aux couleurs métalliques riches ...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mango, with forms such as "amngo", "magno", and "manggo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mans", "manu", "mono", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mango, spelled M-A-N-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genre d’oiseaux-mouches à la fois nectarivores et insectivores, comprenant sept espèces de la sous-famille des trochilinés (e.g. « colibris ») au plumage iridescent aux couleurs métalliques riches mais sombres, comportant généralement une longue plage pectorale noire courant des côtés de la gorge jusqu’au ventre, au bec long et nettement incurvé vers le bas, et dont les rectrices possèdent des couleurs vives caractéristiques, que l’on rencontre dans divers habitats ouverts, des mangroves aux savanes de toute l’écozone néotropicale (genre Anthracothorax).

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amngo
  • magno
  • manggo
  • manngo
  • manog
  • mmango
  • mnago

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mango - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amngo2magno2manggo1manngo1manog2mmango1mnago2
Edit distance from "mango"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mango"?
"mango" is spelled M-A-N-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.go\.
What does "mango" mean?
As a noun, "mango" means: Genre d’oiseaux-mouches à la fois nectarivores et insectivores, comprenant sept espèces de la sous-famille des trochilinés (e.g. « colibris ») au plumage iridescent aux couleurs métalliques riches ...
What words are commonly confused with "mango"?
"mango" is commonly confused with "Mans", "manu", "mono". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mango"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mango" is \mɑ̃.go\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mango" come from?
"mango" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mango", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list