mandale
\mɑ̃.dal\
The verdict
“mandale” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Claque, gifle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mandale · mandale · French
mandale · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mandale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.dal\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mandale » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mandale is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃.dal\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Claque, gifle.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mandale in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mandale, spelled M-A-N-D-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Claque, gifle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mandale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Y aurait des chanc’s pour qu’ d’eun’ mandale Un d’euss’ m’envoye râper les dalles Du « Rat Mort » au café Procope.
Pépère, elle le savait, quand il préparait un boulot, il admettait plus les humeurs de personne. C’étaient des moments où il avait la mandale facile.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.