Manhattan

Name: Manhattan, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ma.na.tan\

/\ma.na.tan\/ name

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Manhattan” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,871. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,871
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quartier de New York.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manhattan · Manhattan · French

Manhattan · rank #9,871 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,871
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH Lopez

Nearest frequency peer: Lopez (-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.

liaisons

90,134
linéaire

90,133
Lopez

90,131
Manhattan

90,130
mens

90,129
Mlle

90,127

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

Key facts for Manhattan
Property	Value
Headword	Manhattan
Language	French
Part of speech	Proper noun
IPA	\ma.na.tan\
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#9,871
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Manhattan »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Manhattanse place ici:

#9,871

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Lopez » (#9,870), « mens » (#9,872), « linéaire » (#9,868). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Manhattan » est au #9,871. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Manhattan (IPA \ma.na.tan\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #9,871 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Manhattan, with forms such as "amnhattan", "mahnattan", and "manahttan". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Manhattan, spelled M-A-N-H-A-T-T-A-N.

Definition

1
Quartier de New York.
2
Île qui forme ce quartier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Repaire d’antiquaires, de magasins de déco et vintage, New York est aussi un lieu de prédilection pour les férus de marchés aux puces. Vous en trouverez à Manhattan bien sûr, mais aussi à Brooklyn : […].
La forme particulière de l’île de Manhattan, resserrée entre deux bras de mer et incapable de s’étendre à l’aise, sauf sur une zone étroite au nord, dirigea les architectes new-yorkais vers les dimensions verticales extrêmes. Ils eurent à profusion tous les moyens de réalisation : l’argent, les matériaux, la main-d’œuvre.

This word in other languages

Manhattan(English)Manhattan(Español)Manhattan(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

amnhattan
mahnattan
manahttan
manhatan
manhatatn
manhattann
manhattna
manhhattan
manhtatan
mannhattan
mmanhattan
mnahattan

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Manhattan - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Manhattan"

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 "Manhattan"?

"Manhattan" is spelled M-A-N-H-A-T-T-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.na.tan\.

What does "Manhattan" mean?

As a proper noun, "Manhattan" means: Quartier de New York.

What are common misspellings of "Manhattan"?

Common misspellings include "amnhattan", "mahnattan", "manahttan", "manhatan", "manhatatn". The correct spelling is "Manhattan".

How do you pronounce "Manhattan"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Manhattan" is \ma.na.tan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Manhattan" come from?

"Manhattan" 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 "Manhattan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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