manageur

\ma.na.dʒœʁ\

/\ma.na.dʒœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“manageur” is uncommon French (frequency #71,683 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,683
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui exerce une fonction relevant du management.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manageur · manageur · French

manageur · rank #71,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,683
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mammographie

Nearest frequency peer: mammographie (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « manageur »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « manageur » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for manageur
PropertyValue
Headwordmanageur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.na.dʒœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,683
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « manageur » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.manageurtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « mammographie » (#71,682), « malencontreuse » (#71,681), « Marcella » (#71,685). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manageur » est au #71,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

manageur is uncommon French at frequency #71,683 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.na.dʒœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for manageur, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is manageur, spelled M-A-N-A-G-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui exerce une fonction relevant du management.
  2. 2
    Directeur sportif.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un dirigeant d’entreprise doit certes être un manageur, mais aussi un gestionnaire et un stratège.
  2. S’ils détestent les organisations pyramidales, les silos, les chefs control freak, ils veulent des manageurs qui fédèrent le collectif, en étant constructifs et attentifs à chacun.

This word in other languages

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 "manageur"?
"manageur" is spelled M-A-N-A-G-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.na.dʒœʁ\.
What does "manageur" mean?
As a noun, "manageur" means: Personne qui exerce une fonction relevant du management.
How do you pronounce "manageur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manageur" 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 "manageur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list