mandchou
\mɑ̃.ʃu\
The verdict
“mandchou” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la Mandchourie, aux Mandchous ou à la langue mandchoue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mandchou · mandchou · French
mandchou · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | mandchou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.ʃu\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mandchou is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɑ̃.ʃu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à la Mandchourie, aux Mandchous ou à la langue mandchoue.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mandchou in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mandchou, spelled M-A-N-D-C-H-O-U.
Definition
- 1Relatif à la Mandchourie, aux Mandchous ou à la langue mandchoue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mandchou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au deux millième coup, Mony rendit l’âme, Le soleil était radieux. Les chants des oiseaux mandchous rendaient plus gaie la matinée pimpante.
Le service était fait par des maîtres d'hôtel mandchous, en longues tuniques de soie bleue fumée.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.