manipulable

\ma.ni.py.labl\

/\ma.ni.py.labl\/ adj

The verdict

“manipulable” is uncommon French (frequency #68,446 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,446
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui peut être manipulé, manié.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manipulable · manipulable · French

manipulable · rank #68,446 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,446
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH managérial

Nearest frequency peer: managérial (-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 « manipulable »

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 « manipulable » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for manipulable
PropertyValue
Headwordmanipulable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.ni.py.labl\
Letters11
Frequency rank#68,446
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « manipulable » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).manipulabletombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « managérial » (#68,445), « marignan » (#68,447), « malouin » (#68,444). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manipulable » est au #68,446. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

manipulable is uncommon French at frequency #68,446 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ma.ni.py.labl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for manipulable, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is manipulable, spelled M-A-N-I-P-U-L-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui peut être manipulé, manié.
  2. 2
    Qui peut être influencé et dirigé, instrumentalisé.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les informaticiens joueront un grand rôle dans la croyance selon laquelle le langage humain est réductible à de l'information, manipulable à merci pourvu qu'on dispose de la clef.

Synonyms

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 "manipulable"?
"manipulable" is spelled M-A-N-I-P-U-L-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ni.py.labl\.
What does "manipulable" mean?
As an adjective, "manipulable" means: Qui peut être manipulé, manié.
How do you pronounce "manipulable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manipulable" is \ma.ni.py.labl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list