mandrin

\mɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\

/\mɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“mandrin” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,204. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,204
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poinçon dont se servaient les forgerons et dont se servent encore les serruriers pour percer ou agrandir, à chaud, des trous dans le fer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mandrin · mandrin · French

mandrin · rank #49,204 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,204
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mambo

Nearest frequency peer: mambo (-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 « mandrin »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mandrin » 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).

mandrin vs marin
71% similar
mandrin vs Maurin
57% similar
mandrin vs mazarin
71% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mandrin »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mandrinse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mambo » (#49,203), « mangerai » (#49,205), « maniaques » (#49,206). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mandrin » est au #49,204. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around mandrin (IPA \mɑ̃.dʁɛ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,204 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mandrin, with forms such as "amndrin", "madnrin", and "manddrin". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "marin", "Maurin", "mazarin", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 mandrin, spelled M-A-N-D-R-I-N.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il y a grand avantage à pouvoir rapidement centrer les pièces [à usiner sur les machines-outils] sur [les …] parties de révolution : on y parvient en faisant usage de mandrins concentriques ou de mandrins à expansion.
  2. Il enroulait le fil préparé par sa femme autour d'un mandrin, une baguette d'acier très mince. Puis, il donna un léger coup de scie, qui tout le long du mandrin coupa le fil, dont chaque tour forma un maillon.

This word in other languages

mandrel(English)mandril(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amndrin
  • madnrin
  • manddrin
  • mandirn
  • mandrinn
  • mandrni
  • mandrrin
  • manndrin
  • manrdin
  • mmandrin
  • mnadrin

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mandrin - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

amndrin2madnrin2manddrin1mandirn2mandrinn1mandrni2mandrrin1manndrin1
Edit distance from "mandrin"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marengo#49,209mariera#49,210Loretta#49,195lavages#49,189

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

mangerai11 variantsMaurepas11 variantslarbins11 variantsKravitz11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list