maniérisme

\ma.nje.ʁism\

/\ma.nje.ʁism\/ noun

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The verdict

“maniérisme” is uncommon French (frequency #76,781 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,781
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tendance à l’affectation, à la manière ; ensemble des procédés d’un peintre, d’un écrivain maniéré.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manierisme · maniérisme · French

maniérisme · rank #76,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,781
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manin

Nearest frequency peer: manin (-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 « maniérisme »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « maniérisme » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for maniérisme
PropertyValue
Headwordmaniérisme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.nje.ʁism\
Letters10
Frequency rank#76,781
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « maniérisme » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.maniérismetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « manin » (#76,780), « Managua » (#76,778), « manticore » (#76,784). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « maniérisme » est au #76,781. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maniérisme is uncommon French at frequency #76,781 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.nje.ʁism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for maniérisme, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is maniérisme, spelled M-A-N-I-É-R-I-S-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tendance à l’affectation, à la manière ; ensemble des procédés d’un peintre, d’un écrivain maniéré.
  2. 2
    Mouvement artistique de la Renaissance allant de 1520 (mort du peintre Raphaël) à 1580, qui visait à rompre avec la perfection recherchée jusqu’alors et à provoquer des émotions.
  3. 3
    Trouble du comportement qui se traduit par des tics ou des états psychotiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Cette école est tombée dans le maniérisme.
  2. Renouant avec l’artisanat, flirtant avec le postmodernisme, brassant plusieurs esthétiques, cette jeune garde a de larges inspirations : du primitivisme aux technologies avancées, du maniérisme à un rigorisme ascétique.

This word in other languages

mannerism(English)manierismo(Español)Manierismus(Deutsch)

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 "maniérisme"?
"maniérisme" is spelled M-A-N-I-É-R-I-S-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.nje.ʁism\.
What does "maniérisme" mean?
As a noun, "maniérisme" means: Tendance à l’affectation, à la manière ; ensemble des procédés d’un peintre, d’un écrivain maniéré.
How do you pronounce "maniérisme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maniérisme" is \ma.nje.ʁism\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maniérisme" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list