mandataire

/\mɑ̃.da.tɛʁ\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,939

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

mandataire is aFrenchnoun. It means: Celui qui est chargé d’un mandat, d’une procuration ou d’une mission pour agir au nom d’un autre. Pronounced \mɑ̃.da.tɛʁ\. Often confused with mandature and mandataires.

Key facts for mandataire
PropertyValue
Headwordmandataire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃.da.tɛʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,939
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mandataire is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɑ̃.da.tɛʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,939 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.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for mandataire, with forms such as "amndataire", "madnataire", and "manadtaire". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "mandature", "mandataires", 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 mandataire, spelled M-A-N-D-A-T-A-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui est chargé d’un mandat, d’une procuration ou d’une mission pour agir au nom d’un autre.
  2. 2
    Commissionnaire qui sert d’intermédiaire entre le producteur et l’acheteur et a pour mandat d’écouler les marchandises qu’il reçoit ou d’acheter pour le compte de son mandant.
  3. 3
    Représentant local d’un candidat à une élection.
  4. 4
    Serveur mandataire.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amndataire,madnataire,manadtaire,mandaatire,mandataier,mandatairre,mandatarie,mandatiare,mandattaire,manddataire,mandtaaire,manndataire,mmandataire,mnadataire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mandataire

Misspelling Variants of "mandataire"

amndataire10madnataire10manadtaire10mandaatire10mandataier10mandatairre11mandatarie10mandatiare10
Misspelling Variants of "mandataire"

Frequency rank: #16,939 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mandataire"?
"mandataire" is spelled M-A-N-D-A-T-A-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.da.tɛʁ\.
What does "mandataire" mean?
As a noun, "mandataire" means: Celui qui est chargé d’un mandat, d’une procuration ou d’une mission pour agir au nom d’un autre.
What words are commonly confused with "mandataire"?
"mandataire" is commonly confused with "mandature", "mandataires". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mandataire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mandataire" is \mɑ̃.da.tɛʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mandataire" come from?
"mandataire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.