manches

\mɑ̃ʃ\

/\mɑ̃ʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“manches” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,580
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-manches · manches · French

manches · rank #5,580 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,580
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marchandises

Nearest frequency peer: marchandises (+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 « manches »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « manches » 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).

manches vs marché
57% similar
manches vs matchs
71% similar
manches vs manges
71% similar

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

Key facts for manches
PropertyValue
Headwordmanches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃ʃ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,580
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manches »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).manchesse 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 « marchandises » (#5,581), « marquis » (#5,582), « lapin » (#5,577). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manches » est au #5,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around manches (IPA \mɑ̃ʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,580 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de manche.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for manches, with forms such as "amnches", "macnhes", and "mancches". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "marché", "matchs", "manges", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 manches, spelled M-A-N-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de manche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il faut user de beaucoup de précautions, soit pour cémenter, soit pour décémenter les lames des manches de ces sortes de couteaux, sujets à se fendre ou à se casser par la trop grande chaleur, ou de la lame, ou de la soie.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnches
  • macnhes
  • mancches
  • mancehs
  • manchess
  • manchhes
  • manchse
  • manhces
  • mannches
  • mmanches
  • mnaches

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manches - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amnches2macnhes2mancches1mancehs2manchess1manchhes1manchse2manhces2
Edit distance from "manches"

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 "manches"?
"manches" is spelled M-A-N-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃ʃ\.
What does "manches" mean?
As a noun, "manches" means: Pluriel de manche.
What words are commonly confused with "manches"?
"manches" is commonly confused with "marché", "matchs", "manges". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manches" is \mɑ̃ʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manches" come from?
"manches" 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 "manches", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

marquis#5,582musical#5,585perdent#5,592habitat#5,566

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

invasion11 variantsoccasions11 variantspoussière11 variantsdouleurs11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list