manchette

/\mɑ̃.ʃɛt\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,032

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

manchette is aFrenchnoun. It means: Extrémité, empesée ou non, des manches de chemise, formant une sorte de poignet fixe ou mobile. Pronounced \mɑ̃.ʃɛt\. Often confused with manette and manchettes.

Key facts for manchette
PropertyValue
Headwordmanchette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃.ʃɛt\
Letters9
Frequency rank#29,032
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of manchette in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for manchette is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɑ̃.ʃɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #29,032 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 15 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for manchette, with forms such as "amnchette", "macnhette", and "mancchette". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "manette", "manchettes", "machette", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is manchette, spelled M-A-N-C-H-E-T-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Extrémité, empesée ou non, des manches de chemise, formant une sorte de poignet fixe ou mobile.
  2. 2
    Ornement de mousseline, de batiste, de dentelle, qui terminait la manche de la chemise.
  3. 3
    Ornement analogue que l’on pose au poignet d’une robe.
  4. 4
    Manche amovible couvrant l’avant-bras afin de protéger le vêtement d’éventuelles salissures.
  5. 5
    Empiècement de tissu épais ou de cuir situé au genou et destiné à éviter l’usure du pantalon au contact du haut des bottes.
  6. 6
    Renvoi de balle avec les avant-bras (les manches).
  7. 7
    Type de coup donné avec l’avant-bras dans le cou.
  8. 8
    Pièce de tissus, ou de passementerie qui jadis garnissait la partie haute de la lame, sous la poignée du sabre d’infanterie, et se trouvait coincée entre la poignée et le fourreau.
  9. 9
    Lambeau de peau que l’on préserve lors d’une amputation et que l’on positionne ensuite sur le moignon pour le recouvrir.
  10. 10
    Partie rembourrée de l’accoudoir d’un canapé ou d’un fauteuil.
  11. 11
    Marque rouge laissée au niveau du poignet et faite en serrant ce dernier avec la main et en tournant.
  12. 12
    Gros joint flexible circulaire assurant l’étanchéité entre la cuve d’un lave-linge et son ouverture.
  13. 13
    Notes et indications marginales.
  14. 14
    Titre en gros caractères destinées à frapper l’attention du lecteur et qui figurent généralement à la première page d’un journal.
  15. 15
    Affichette placée sur un kiosque ou une caissette de journaux, reprenant le titre d’un article du journal.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amnchette,macnhette,mancchette,mancehtte,manchete,manchetet,manchhette,manchtete,manhcette,mannchette,mmanchette,mnachette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for manchette

Misspelling Variants of "manchette"

amnchette9macnhette9mancchette10mancehtte9manchete8manchetet9manchhette10manchtete9
Misspelling Variants of "manchette"

Frequency rank: #29,032 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "manchette"?
"manchette" is spelled M-A-N-C-H-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.ʃɛt\.
What does "manchette" mean?
As a noun, "manchette" means: Extrémité, empesée ou non, des manches de chemise, formant une sorte de poignet fixe ou mobile.
What words are commonly confused with "manchette"?
"manchette" is commonly confused with "manette", "manchettes", "machette". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manchette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manchette" is \mɑ̃.ʃɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manchette" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.