manoeuvre
/məˈnuːvə/
"manoeuvre" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“manoeuvre” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #27,915 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,915
- frequency rank, English
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Commonwealth standard spelling of maneuver.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manoeuvre |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /məˈnuːvə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #27,915 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manoeuvre” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for manoeuvre is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /məˈnuːvə/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,915 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Commonwealth standard spelling of maneuver.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for manoeuvre, with forms such as "amnoeuvre", "maneouvre", and "mannoeuvre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, manoeuvre”) and manouvrer (“to manoeuvre”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labour”), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera (“work done by hand, handwork”), from manu (“by hand”) + operari (“to work”)… The correct English form is manoeuvre, spelled M-A-N-O-E-U-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Commonwealth standard spelling of maneuver.
Etymology
From Middle French manœuvre (“manipulation, manoeuvre”) and manouvrer (“to manoeuvre”), from Old French manovre (“handwork, manual labour”), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera (“work done by hand, handwork”), from manu (“by hand”) + operari (“to work”). First recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne (800 AD) to mean "chore, manual task", probably as a calque of the Frankish *handwerc (“hand-work”). Compare Old English handweorc, Old English handġeweorc, German Handwerk.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amnoeuvre,maneouvre,mannoeuvre,manoeurve,manoeuver,manoeuvrre,manoeuvvre,manoevure,manouevre,maoneuvre,mmanoeuvre,mnaoeuvre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manoeuvre - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “manoeuvre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-A-N-O-E-U-V-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /məˈnuːvə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.