acte manqué
\ak.tə mɑ̃.ke\
The verdict
“acte manqué” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action involontaire, qui peut être interprétée comme l'expression d'une volonté inconsciente.
Corpus desk
Index FR-acte-manque · acte manqué · French
acte manqué · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | acte manqué |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ak.tə mɑ̃.ke\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
acte manqué is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ak.tə mɑ̃.ke\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action involontaire, qui peut être interprétée comme l'expression d'une volonté inconsciente.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for acte manqué in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is acte manqué, spelled A-C-T-E- -M-A-N-Q-U-É.
Definition
- 1Action involontaire, qui peut être interprétée comme l'expression d'une volonté inconsciente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how acte manqué appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rater son avion peut être vu comme un acte manqué pour repousser le moment des adieux à ceux que l'on quitte.
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.