manifeste

\ma.ni.fɛst\

/\ma.ni.fɛst\/ adj

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The verdict

“manifeste” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,690. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,690
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut en quelque sorte être touché par la main, qu’on prend sur le fait.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manifeste · manifeste · French

manifeste · rank #4,690 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,690
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH lâcher

Nearest frequency peer: lâcher (-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 « manifeste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « manifeste » 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).

manifeste vs manifester
90% similar
manifeste vs manifestée
90% similar
manifeste vs manifestés
80% similar

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

Key facts for manifeste
PropertyValue
Headwordmanifeste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.ni.fɛst\
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,690
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manifeste »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.manifestese 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 « lâcher » (#4,689), « mathématiques » (#4,691), « logo » (#4,688). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manifeste » est au #4,690. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around manifeste (IPA \ma.ni.fɛst\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,690 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for manifeste, with forms such as "amnifeste", "mainfeste", and "manfieste". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "manifester", "manifestée", "manifestés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is manifeste, spelled M-A-N-I-F-E-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui peut en quelque sorte être touché par la main, qu’on prend sur le fait.
  2. 2
    Notoire ; évident pour tout le monde.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C’est un faussaire, un plagiaire manifeste.
  2. Après la défaite de Kœniggraetz […], François-Joseph reçut du Saint-Esprit l'ordre d'appeler au pouvoir, […], un ministre saxon. L’inspiration céleste est ici manifeste, parce que le choix de l'Empereur ne saurait évidemment s'expliquer par aucune raison humaine.

This word in other languages

manifest(English)manifiesto(Español)offenkundig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnifeste
  • mainfeste
  • manfieste
  • maniefste
  • manifeset
  • manifesste
  • manifestte
  • manifetse
  • maniffeste
  • manifsete
  • mannifeste
  • mmanifeste
  • mnaifeste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amnifeste2mainfeste2manfieste2maniefste2manifeset2manifesste1manifestte1manifetse2
Edit distance from "manifeste"

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 "manifeste"?
"manifeste" is spelled M-A-N-I-F-E-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ni.fɛst\.
What does "manifeste" mean?
As an adjective, "manifeste" means: Qui peut en quelque sorte être touché par la main, qu’on prend sur le fait.
What words are commonly confused with "manifeste"?
"manifeste" is commonly confused with "manifester", "manifestée", "manifestés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manifeste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manifeste" is \ma.ni.fɛst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manifeste" come from?
"manifeste" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

monuments#4,693mécanisme#4,695interdire#4,682polémique#4,701

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Pyrénées13 variantsemployeur13 variantscuriosité13 variantscamarades13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list