manœuvrer
The verdict
“manœuvrer” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #33,776 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #33,776
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Faire fonctionner avec la main.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manœuvrer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ma.nœ.vʁe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #33,776 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manœuvrer” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for manœuvrer is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.nœ.vʁe\. Corpus data places it at rank #33,776 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for manœuvrer, with forms such as "amnœuvrer", "mannœuvrer", and "manuœvrer". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "manœuvres", "manœuvre", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is manœuvrer, spelled M-A-N-Œ-U-V-R-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Faire fonctionner avec la main.
- 2Amener quelqu’un à agir contre sa volonté et ses intérêts.
- 3Faire la manœuvre.
- 4Faire des manœuvres.
- 5Art qu’un général déploie pour réussir dans ses projets, soit qu’il veuille attaquer l’ennemi, soit qu’il veuille l’éviter.
- 6User de procédés habiles pour aboutir à ses fins.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amnœuvrer,mannœuvrer,manuœvrer,manœurver,manœuverr,manœuvrerr,manœuvrrer,manœuvvrer,manœvurer,maœnuvrer,mmanœuvrer,mnaœuvrer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manœuvrer — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "manœuvrer"
Frequency rank: #33,776 in French
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Using “manœuvrer”
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-R — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.nœ.vʁe\ (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. manœuvrer vs manœuvres
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
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