blanc-manger
\blɑ̃.mɑ̃.ʒe\
The verdict
“blanc-manger” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dessert à base de lait, d’amandes, de sucre et d’un aliment épaississant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-blanc-manger · blanc-manger · French
blanc-manger · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" 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 | blanc-manger |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \blɑ̃.mɑ̃.ʒe\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
blanc-manger is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \blɑ̃.mɑ̃.ʒe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
blanc-manger doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is blanc-manger, spelled B-L-A-N-C---M-A-N-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dessert à base de lait, d’amandes, de sucre et d’un aliment épaississant.
- 2Dessert à base de lait, de sucre et de fécule de maïs.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how blanc-manger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Car, pour le bal, c’est une chose décidée, et je ferai les invitations dès que Nicholle aura fait les provisions nécessaires pour le blanc-manger et les fromages glacés.
Deux perdrix cuirassées d’une barde de lard doré se prélassaient au milieu d’un cercle de rouelles d’oranges ; des blanc-manger et une tourte aux quenelles de poisson, chef-d’œuvre de maître Bilot, les accompagnaient.
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.