Manama

\ma.na.ma\

/\ma.na.ma\/ name

The verdict

“Manama” is uncommon French (frequency #90,911 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,911
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de Bahreïn.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manama · Manama · French

Manama · rank #90,911 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,911
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH maloya

Nearest frequency peer: maloya (-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 « Manama »

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 « Manama » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Manama
PropertyValue
HeadwordManama
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ma.na.ma\
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,911
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Manama » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Manamatombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « maloya » (#90,910), « mangerons » (#90,912), « Malak » (#90,909). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Manama » est au #90,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Manama is uncommon French at frequency #90,911 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \ma.na.ma\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capitale de Bahreïn.".

Zero misspellings are on record for Manama in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Manama, spelled M-A-N-A-M-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capitale de Bahreïn.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le souq reste le cœur historique de Manama. Au XIXᵉ siècle, Manama n’est en réalité qu’un ensemble de pauvres villages de pêcheurs. Ce n’est seulement qu’à la fin du XIXᵉ siècle que Manama devient à proprement parler une ville […]

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 "Manama"?
"Manama" is spelled M-A-N-A-M-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.na.ma\.
What does "Manama" mean?
As a proper noun, "Manama" means: Capitale de Bahreïn.
How do you pronounce "Manama"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Manama" is \ma.na.ma\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Manama" come from?
"Manama" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list