manager

\ma.na.dʒœʁ\

/\ma.na.dʒœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“manager” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,587. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,587
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cadre dirigeant qui fait du management, gestionnaire, gérant, organisateur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manager · manager · French

manager · rank #4,587 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,587
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH management

Nearest frequency peer: management (-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 « manager »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « manager » 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).

manager vs mange
71% similar
manager vs manger
86% similar
manager vs ménage
71% similar

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

Key facts for manager
PropertyValue
Headwordmanager
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.na.dʒœʁ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,587
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manager »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « management » (#4,586), « modes » (#4,588), « Jeanne » (#4,585). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manager » est au #4,587. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around manager (IPA \ma.na.dʒœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,587 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for manager, with forms such as "amnager", "maanger", and "manaegr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "mange", "manger", "ménage", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is manager, spelled M-A-N-A-G-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cadre dirigeant qui fait du management, gestionnaire, gérant, organisateur.
  2. 2
    Responsable d'une équipe.
  3. 3
    Imprésario ; personne qui dirige une carrière sportive ou une équipe sportive.
  4. 4
    Personne qui dirige une entreprise théâtrale ; personne qui s’occupe de la vie professionnelle d’un artiste ou d’un groupe d’artistes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quant à ses contacts, toujours la même chose, des tas de jeunes gens sortis des mêmes moules, affichant le même aspect propret et compétitif, se disant founder, CEO, senior manager ou dircab, voire global strategists, ce qu’ils étaient probablement.
  2. Ce plateau de jeu est bien évidemment utilisé en complément des plans réalisés sur les logiciels métiers tels que Autocad pour les plans et SketchUp pour les représentations 3D. Il intervient en appui supplémentaire pour aider les managers à mieux formuler leurs besoins.

Synonyms

manageurchef d’entreprisecontremaîtreagentimprésario

This word in other languages

manager(English)gestor(Español)Direktor(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnager
  • maanger
  • manaegr
  • managerr
  • managger
  • managre
  • mangaer
  • mannager
  • mmanager
  • mnaager

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manager - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amnager2maanger2manaegr2managerr1managger1managre2mangaer2mannager1
Edit distance from "manager"

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 "manager"?
"manager" is spelled M-A-N-A-G-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.na.dʒœʁ\.
What does "manager" mean?
As a noun, "manager" means: Cadre dirigeant qui fait du management, gestionnaire, gérant, organisateur.
What words are commonly confused with "manager"?
"manager" is commonly confused with "mange", "manger", "ménage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manager"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manager" is \ma.na.dʒœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manager" come from?
"manager" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

options#4,592globale#4,581fournit#4,579parking#4,595

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

parlais10 variantsexterne10 variantsentouré10 variantsraciste10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list