manifestation

\ma.ni.fɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ma.ni.fɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“manifestation” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,836. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,836
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de rendre perceptible, de faire connaître ce qui est caché.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manifestation · manifestation · French

manifestation · rank #2,836 · 19 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,836
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH man

Nearest frequency peer: man (-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 « manifestation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « manifestation » 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).

manifestation vs manifestations
93% similar

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

Key facts for manifestation
PropertyValue
Headwordmanifestation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ni.fɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#2,836
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manifestation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.manifestationse 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 « man » (#2,835), « manifestations » (#2,837), « luxe » (#2,834). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manifestation » est au #2,836. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around manifestation (IPA \ma.ni.fɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,836 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for manifestation, with forms such as "amnifestation", "mainfestation", and "manfiestation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "manifestations", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is manifestation, spelled M-A-N-I-F-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de rendre perceptible, de faire connaître ce qui est caché.
  2. 2
    Ce qui rend apparente, perceptible l'existence de quelque chose. S'emploie principalement pour la maladie.
  3. 3
    Représentation publique ostentatoire.
  4. 4
    Rassemblement ou mouvement ayant pour objet de rendre publiques les revendications d’un groupe, d’un parti.
  5. 5
    Rassemblement de personnes pour des festivités ou des activités professionnelles ou commerciales.
  6. 6
    Monde tangible, création, par opposition au monde invisible et éternel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Bois-Guilbert fit un effort sur lui-même pour cacher le mépris et l’indignation qui l’animaient, et dont il sentait que la manifestation n’aurait pu que lui être nuisible.
  2. L’armée est la manifestation la plus claire, la plus tangible et la plus solidement rattachée aux origines que l’on puisse avoir de l’État.

Synonyms

expressionmarquesignetémoignagedémonstrationmanifprotestationveilléedémonstrationévénementévènementrassemblement

This word in other languages

manifestation(English)manifestación(Español)Kundgebung(Deutsch)manifestação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnifestation
  • mainfestation
  • manfiestation
  • maniefstation
  • manifesattion
  • manifesstation
  • manifestaiton
  • manifestatino
  • manifestationn
  • manifestatoin
  • manifestattion
  • manifesttaion
  • manifesttation
  • manifetsation
  • maniffestation
  • manifsetation
  • mannifestation
  • mmanifestation
  • mnaifestation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amnifestation2mainfestation2manfiestation2maniefstation2manifesattion2manifesstation1manifestaiton2manifestatino2
Edit distance from "manifestation"

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 "manifestation"?
"manifestation" is spelled M-A-N-I-F-E-S-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ni.fɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "manifestation" mean?
As a noun, "manifestation" means: Action de rendre perceptible, de faire connaître ce qui est caché.
What words are commonly confused with "manifestation"?
"manifestation" is commonly confused with "manifestations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manifestation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manifestation" is \ma.ni.fɛs.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manifestation" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

connaissances#2,816circonstances#2,814organisations#2,942propriétaires#2,592

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

fonctionnaires19 variantsentraînement19 variantsspécialement19 variantsresponsables19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list