manant
\ma.nɑ̃\
The verdict
“manant” is an uncommon French word, ranked #82,211 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #82,211
- frequency rank, French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roturier citadin ne disposant pas du statut de bourgeois, rattaché au domaine seigneurial.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.nɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #82,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “manant” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for manant is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.nɑ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #82,211 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for manant, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is manant, spelled M-A-N-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Roturier citadin ne disposant pas du statut de bourgeois, rattaché au domaine seigneurial.
- 2Paysan, vilain, habitant d’un village sous l’Ancien Régime.
- 3Personnage grossier, mal élevé.
- 4Être inférieur qui croit faire un travail noble.
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.
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Using “manant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-N-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ma.nɑ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.