manigancer
\ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.se\
The verdict
“manigancer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tramer une intrigue secrète ; préparer artificieusement l’issue d’une affaire au moyen d’une manigance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-manigancer · manigancer · French
manigancer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | manigancer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.se\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « manigancer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
manigancer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ma.ni.ɡɑ̃.se\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tramer une intrigue secrète ; préparer artificieusement l’issue d’une affaire au moyen d’une manigance.".
Zero misspellings are on record for manigancer in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is manigancer, spelled M-A-N-I-G-A-N-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tramer une intrigue secrète ; préparer artificieusement l’issue d’une affaire au moyen d’une manigance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how manigancer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le brave général Boulanger, porté à la gloire par des chansons de café-concert, qui fit faux bond aux députés de la droite manigançant en sa faveur un coup d’État, pour rejoindre à Bruxelles sa maîtresse mourante, la tuberculeuse Madame de Bonnemain.
Ce que Michel ne sut jamais, c’est que ce mariage avait été manigancé par un abbé mondain qui fréquentait chez Madame de Marcigny, laquelle supportait mal de voir ce garçon de vingt-quatre ans traîner les talons dans son salon parisien.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.