manga

\mɑ̃.ɡa\

/\mɑ̃.ɡa\/ noun

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The verdict

“manga” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,781. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,781
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bande dessinée japonaise, souvent en noir et blanc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manga · manga · French

manga · rank #5,781 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,781
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lyonnais

Nearest frequency peer: Lyonnais (-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 « manga »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « manga » 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).

manga vs Mans
40% similar
manga vs méga
60% similar
manga vs manu
60% similar

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

Key facts for manga
PropertyValue
Headwordmanga
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃.ɡa\
Letters5
Frequency rank#5,781
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manga »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mangase 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 « Lyonnais » (#5,780), « manifester » (#5,782), « logiciels » (#5,779). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manga » est au #5,781. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around manga (IPA \mɑ̃.ɡa\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,781 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for manga, with forms such as "amnga", "manag", and "mangga". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mans", "méga", "manu", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is manga, spelled M-A-N-G-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bande dessinée japonaise, souvent en noir et blanc.
  2. 2
    Style, stéréotypes et règles implicites de la bande dessinée japonaise.
  3. 3
    Dessin animé japonais ; anime.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les illustrateurs de l’atelier rémois 510 TTC choisis par l’agence de publicité se sont fait connaître en travaillant notamment sur les aventures du jeune héros Akira, de Katsuhiro Otomo, l’un des premiers mangas (avec Dragon Ball) à entrer en Europe en 1989.
  2. Certaines caractéristiques du manga proviennent de l’influence des films de Walt Disney sur Osamu Tezuka.

This word in other languages

manga(English)manga(Español)Manga(Deutsch)mangá(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnga
  • manag
  • mangga
  • mannga
  • mmanga
  • mnaga

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of manga - 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.

amnga2manag2mangga1mannga1mmanga1mnaga2
Edit distance from "manga"

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 "manga"?
"manga" is spelled M-A-N-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.ɡa\.
What does "manga" mean?
As a noun, "manga" means: Bande dessinée japonaise, souvent en noir et blanc.
What words are commonly confused with "manga"?
"manga" is commonly confused with "Mans", "méga", "manu". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manga"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manga" is \mɑ̃.ɡa\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manga" come from?
"manga" 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 "manga", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

maths#5,784gaffe#5,765réglé#5,808testé#5,821

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

dors6 variantsdits6 variantstissus6 variantstend6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list