# manoeuvre

> English word · Noun · IPA /məˈnuːvə/ · frequency rank #27,915

## Definitions
1. Commonwealth 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 (12)
`amnoeuvre`, `maneouvre`, `mannoeuvre`, `manoeurve`, `manoeuver`, `manoeuvrre`, `manoeuvvre`, `manoevure`, `manouevre`, `maoneuvre`, `mmanoeuvre`, `mnaoeuvre`

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