manèges

\ma.nɛʒ\

/\ma.nɛʒ\/ noun

The verdict

“manèges” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,141. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,141
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de manège.

Corpus desk

Index FR-maneges · manèges · French

manèges · rank #35,141 · 11 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,141
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manchots

Nearest frequency peer: manchots (-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 « manèges »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « manèges » 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).

manèges vs mange
71% similar
manèges vs manger
71% similar
manèges vs menées
57% similar

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

Key facts for manèges
PropertyValue
Headwordmanèges
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.nɛʒ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#35,141
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manèges »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).manègesse 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 « manchots » (#35,140), « malversations » (#35,139), « Marcellin » (#35,143). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manèges » est au #35,141. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around manèges (IPA \ma.nɛʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,141 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de manège.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for manèges, with forms such as "amnèges", "maneges", and "mangèes". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mange", "manger", "menées", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is manèges, spelled M-A-N-È-G-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de manège.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À part les manèges, les tirs, les hideux bazars forains, exception faite pour les carrousels qui mettent le mal de mer à la portée des classes laborieuses, tandis que mugissent les orgues hydrauliques, maladie exécrable de l’oreille et que les suppôts du Roi de Thune pilonnent, avec l’assentiment du maigre Lépine, les électeurs agglomérés ; à part ces men…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnèges
  • maneges
  • mangèes
  • mannèges
  • manèegs
  • manègess
  • manègges
  • manègse
  • maènges
  • mmanèges
  • mnaèges

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amnèges2maneges1mangèes2mannèges1manèegs2manègess1manègges1manègse2
Edit distance from "manèges"

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 "manèges"?
"manèges" is spelled M-A-N-È-G-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.nɛʒ\.
What does "manèges" mean?
As a noun, "manèges" means: Pluriel de manège.
What words are commonly confused with "manèges"?
"manèges" is commonly confused with "mange", "manger", "menées". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manèges"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manèges" is \ma.nɛʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manèges" come from?
"manèges" 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 "manèges", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list