effet de manche
\e.fɛ də mɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“effet de manche” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action exagérée, factice, destinée à impressionner un public par un discours grandiloquent ou des gestes emphatiques inutiles.
Corpus desk
Index FR-effet-de-manche · effet de manche · French
effet de manche · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" 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 | effet de manche |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \e.fɛ də mɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
effet de manche is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \e.fɛ də mɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action exagérée, factice, destinée à impressionner un public par un discours grandiloquent ou des gestes emphatiques inutiles.".
Zero misspellings are on record for effet de manche in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is effet de manche, spelled E-F-F-E-T- -D-E- -M-A-N-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Action exagérée, factice, destinée à impressionner un public par un discours grandiloquent ou des gestes emphatiques inutiles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how effet de manche appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On en devine aussi, sous les trémolos de voix, derrière les effets de manches, les magnanimes et byroniennes envolées, les pélicanesques dégueulis, le fond d'hypocrisie...
La méthode accorde une prime parfois agaçante aux effets de manche et aux phénomènes de mode – on n’a jamais vu autant de façades végétales, de potagers urbains, d’espaces de coworking –, mais c’est une petite révolution.
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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.