mandrin

/\mɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,204

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

mandrin is aFrenchnoun. It means: Poinçon dont se servaient les forgerons et dont se servent encore les serruriers pour percer ou agrandir, à chaud, des trous dans le fer. Pronounced \mɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\. Often confused with marin and Maurin.

Key facts for mandrin
PropertyValue
Headwordmandrin
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#49,204
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mandrin is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #49,204 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for mandrin, with forms such as "amndrin", "madnrin", and "manddrin". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "marin", "Maurin", "mazarin", and more, 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 mandrin, spelled M-A-N-D-R-I-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Poinçon dont se servaient les forgerons et dont se servent encore les serruriers pour percer ou agrandir, à chaud, des trous dans le fer.
  2. 2
    Partie d’une machine-outil enserrant un objet destiné à être mis en rotation.
  3. 3
    Partie d’une machine-outil enserrant un objet destiné à être mis en rotation.
  4. 4
    Partie d’une machine-outil enserrant un objet destiné à être mis en rotation.
  5. 5
    Partie d’une machine-outil enserrant un objet destiné à être mis en rotation.
  6. 6
    Cylindre de bois ou de fer (dans plusieurs industries).
  7. 7
    Fine tige en métal destinée à obturer l’intérieur d'une aiguille creuse à injection, d'un cathéter ou d'un trocart, mais aussi d'un anuscope.
  8. 8
    Pénis.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amndrin,madnrin,manddrin,mandirn,mandrinn,mandrni,mandrrin,manndrin,manrdin,mmandrin,mnadrin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mandrin

Misspelling Variants of "mandrin"

amndrin7madnrin7manddrin8mandirn7mandrinn8mandrni7mandrrin8manndrin8
Misspelling Variants of "mandrin"

Frequency rank: #49,204 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mandrin"?
"mandrin" is spelled M-A-N-D-R-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\.
What does "mandrin" mean?
As a noun, "mandrin" means: Poinçon dont se servaient les forgerons et dont se servent encore les serruriers pour percer ou agrandir, à chaud, des trous dans le fer.
What words are commonly confused with "mandrin"?
"mandrin" is commonly confused with "marin", "Maurin", "mazarin". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mandrin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mandrin" is \mɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mandrin" come from?
"mandrin" 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.