mandoline

\mɑ̃.dɔ.lin\

/\mɑ̃.dɔ.lin\/ noun

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The verdict

“mandoline” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,587. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,587
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Luth de petite taille, à cordes pincées, à touche garnie de frettes marquant les demi-tons, ayant de 4 à 12 cordes selon les modèles.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mandoline · mandoline · French

mandoline · rank #35,587 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,587
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH malfrats

Nearest frequency peer: malfrats (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mandoline »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mandoline » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mandoline vs Madeline
67% similar
mandoline vs mandarine
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mandoline
PropertyValue
Headwordmandoline
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃.dɔ.lin\
Letters9
Frequency rank#35,587
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mandoline »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mandolinese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « malfrats » (#35,586), « manifestée » (#35,588), « létale » (#35,585). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mandoline » est au #35,587. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around mandoline (IPA \mɑ̃.dɔ.lin\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,587 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for mandoline, with forms such as "amndoline", "madnoline", and "manddoline". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Madeline", "mandarine", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mandoline, spelled M-A-N-D-O-L-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Luth de petite taille, à cordes pincées, à touche garnie de frettes marquant les demi-tons, ayant de 4 à 12 cordes selon les modèles.
  2. 2
    Ustensile de cuisine, permettant de faire des lamelles, des tranches de légumes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mandoline appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Souvent elle lui jetait des fleurs au visage ; accroupie devant ses pieds, elle tirait des airs d’une mandoline à trois cordes ; puis, lui posant sur l’épaule ses deux mains jointes, disait d’une voix timide : — Qu’avez-vous donc, cher seigneur ?
  2. […], les autres chantaient sur l’estrade, battant des mains et du tambour, tandis qu’un jeune garçon jouait de la flûte arabe et qu’un Juif grattait sur une espèce de mandoline...

This word in other languages

mandolin(English)mandolina(Español)Mandoline(Deutsch)bandolim(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amndoline
  • madnoline
  • manddoline
  • mandloine
  • mandoilne
  • mandolien
  • mandolinne
  • mandolline
  • mandolnie
  • manndoline
  • manodline
  • mmandoline
  • mnadoline

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mandoline - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amndoline2madnoline2manddoline1mandloine2mandoilne2mandolien2mandolinne1mandolline1
Edit distance from "mandoline"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mandoline"?
"mandoline" is spelled M-A-N-D-O-L-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.dɔ.lin\.
What does "mandoline" mean?
As a noun, "mandoline" means: Luth de petite taille, à cordes pincées, à touche garnie de frettes marquant les demi-tons, ayant de 4 à 12 cordes selon les modèles.
What words are commonly confused with "mandoline"?
"mandoline" is commonly confused with "Madeline", "mandarine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mandoline"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mandoline" is \mɑ̃.dɔ.lin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mandoline" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mandoline", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

manipulée#35,589manquerai#35,590lectrices#35,575intimiste#35,560

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

malfrats13 variantsméninges13 variantsinflexion13 variantsincessante13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list