manigance
\ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s\
The verdict
“manigance” is uncommon French (frequency #66,898 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,898
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Petite manœuvre secrète, petite intrigue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-manigance · manigance · French
manigance · rank #66,898 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,898
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH manchons
Nearest frequency peer: manchons (-2 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 « manigance »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- maléfices
maléfices
33,107 corpus weight
- manchons
manchons
33,105 corpus weight
- manigance
manigance
33,103 corpus weight
- maraudeur
maraudeur
33,101 corpus weight
- Mecklembourg
Mecklembourg
33,100 corpus weight
- menteuses
menteuses
33,099 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « manigance » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manigance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,898 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « manigance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
manigance is uncommon French at frequency #66,898 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ni.ɡɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Petite manœuvre secrète, petite intrigue.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for manigance in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is manigance, spelled M-A-N-I-G-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Petite manœuvre secrète, petite intrigue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how manigance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
— Oh ! vous ne savez pas, vous, reprit Lisbeth, vous ne savez pas ce que c’est que cette manigance-là ! c’est le dernier coup qui tue !
— Encore vous ! Et déguisé ! Qu’est-ce que c’est que cette nouvelle manigance, et comment avez-vous l’audace de me relancer jusqu’ici ?
This word in other languages
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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