manœuvre

\ma.nœvʁ\

/\ma.nœvʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“manœuvre” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,592
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Travailleur sous les ordres d’un ouvrier qualifié.

Corpus desk

Index FR-man-uvre · manœuvre · French

manœuvre · rank #7,592 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,592
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manif

Nearest frequency peer: manif (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « manœuvre »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « manœuvre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

manœuvre vs manœuvres
89% similar
manœuvre vs manoeuvre
78% similar
manœuvre vs manœuvrer
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for manœuvre
PropertyValue
Headwordmanœuvre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.nœvʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,592
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manœuvre »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).manœuvrese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « manif » (#7,591), « mariés » (#7,593), « mangent » (#7,590). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manœuvre » est au #7,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around manœuvre (IPA \ma.nœvʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,592 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  1. 1
    Travailleur sous les ordres d’un ouvrier qualifié.
  2. 2
    Celui qui exécute un ouvrage grossièrement et par routine.
  3. 3
    Celui qui exécute un ouvrage qui n’exige que du temps et de la patience.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how manœuvre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il restera manœuvre pendant 10 ans, avant de passer bouveleur, ouvrier qualifié donc. Le bouveleur, c'est un peu la cheville ouvrière de l'édifice minier: c'est lui qui creuse les galeries, les bouveaux.
  2. Dès lors, ce fut une vérité acquise : Denise avait un manœuvre pour amant, et cachait un enfant dans le quartier.

This word in other languages

operario(Español)Hilfsarbeiter(Deutsch)operador(Português)

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.

amnœuvre2mannœuvre1manuœvre2manœurve2manœuver2manœuvrre1manœuvvre1manœvure2
Edit distance from "manœuvre"

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 "manœuvre"?
"manœuvre" is spelled M-A-N-Œ-U-V-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.nœvʁ\.
What does "manœuvre" mean?
As a noun, "manœuvre" means: Travailleur sous les ordres d’un ouvrier qualifié.
What words are commonly confused with "manœuvre"?
"manœuvre" is commonly confused with "manœuvres", "manoeuvre", "manœuvrer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manœuvre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manœuvre" is \ma.nœvʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manœuvre" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "manœuvre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maintenu#7,589Mercedes#7,596monopole#7,598Jennifer#7,583

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

mangent11 variantsimmigrés11 variantsgrammaire11 variantsgaleries11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list