maniaco
\ma.ˈni.a.ko\
The verdict
“maniaco” is uncommon French (frequency #63,902 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,902
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Maniaque.
Corpus desk
Index FR-maniaco · maniaco · French
maniaco · rank #63,902 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,902
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mandibules
Nearest frequency peer: mandibules (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « maniaco »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- magiquement
magiquement
36,102 corpus weight
- mandibules
mandibules
36,100 corpus weight
- maniaco
maniaco
36,099 corpus weight
- manifestera
manifestera
36,098 corpus weight
- manpower
manpower
36,097 corpus weight
- manus
manus
36,096 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « maniaco » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | maniaco |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ma.ˈni.a.ko\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,902 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « maniaco » en français
Rare enough to double-check
maniaco is uncommon French at frequency #63,902 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.ˈni.a.ko\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Maniaque.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for maniaco, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is maniaco, spelled M-A-N-I-A-C-O.
Definition
- 1Maniaque.
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.
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