manœuvre
\ma.nœvʁ\
The verdict
“manœuvre” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #7,592 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,592
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Travailleur sous les ordres d’un ouvrier qualifié.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manœuvre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.nœvʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manœuvre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for manœuvre is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.nœvʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #7,592 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for manœuvre, with forms such as "amnœuvre", "mannœuvre", and "manuœvre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "manœuvres", "manoeuvre", "manœuvrer", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is manœuvre, spelled M-A-N-Œ-U-V-R-E.
Definition
- 1Travailleur sous les ordres d’un ouvrier qualifié.
- 2Celui qui exécute un ouvrage grossièrement et par routine.
- 3Celui qui exécute un ouvrage qui n’exige que du temps et de la patience.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amnœuvre,mannœuvre,manuœvre,manœurve,manœuver,manœuvrre,manœuvvre,manœvure,maœnuvre,mmanœuvre,mnaœuvre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manœuvre - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Using “manœuvre”
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-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.nœvʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “manœuvres” - see the side-by-side comparison. manœuvre vs manœuvres
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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.