manœuvrant

adj

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The verdict

“manœuvrant” is uncommon French (frequency #96,103 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,103
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui obéit aux manœuvres, en parlant d’un navire.

Key facts for manœuvrant
PropertyValue
Headwordmanœuvrant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#96,103
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “manœuvrant” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). manœuvrant lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

manœuvrant is uncommon French at frequency #96,103 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui obéit aux manœuvres, en parlant d’un navire.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for manœuvrant in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is manœuvrant, spelled M-A-N-Œ-U-V-R-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui obéit aux manœuvres, en parlant d’un navire.

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "manœuvrant"?
"manœuvrant" is spelled M-A-N-Œ-U-V-R-A-N-T.
What does "manœuvrant" mean?
As an adjective, "manœuvrant" means: Qui obéit aux manœuvres, en parlant d’un navire.
What language does "manœuvrant" come from?
"manœuvrant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “manœuvrant”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-N-Œ-U-V-R-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list