mande
\mɑ̃d\
The verdict
“mande” is uncommon French (frequency #59,423 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,423
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Panier haut d’origine hollandaise, à deux anses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mande · mande · French
mande · rank #59,423 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,423
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mandarins
Nearest frequency peer: mandarins (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « mande »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- malencontre…
malencontreux
40,581 corpus weight
- malmenés
malmenés
40,580 corpus weight
- mandarins
mandarins
40,579 corpus weight
- mande
mande
40,578 corpus weight
- manichéen
manichéen
40,577 corpus weight
- manichéenne
manichéenne
40,576 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mande » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mande |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃d\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,423 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mande » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mande is uncommon French at frequency #59,423 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃d\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
mande has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mande, spelled M-A-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Panier haut d’origine hollandaise, à deux anses.
- 2Toute sorte de paniers et de corbeilles en osier.
- 3Panier destiné au transport de la terre à pipe.
- 4Contenu de ce panier.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mande appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une mande à harengs..
Les mandes sont fait de façon d’un pot à fleurs étroites, rondes ou ovales dans le fond va toujours s’élargissant vers le haut en jusqu’assez près de son embouchure, qui se rétrécit un peu. Le couvercle est aussi d’osier.
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.
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