manipule

/\ma.ni.pyl\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,074

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

manipule is aFrenchnoun. It means: Chacune des compagnies dont était composée la cohorte, dans l’ancienne armée romaine et composée elle-même de deux centuries. Pronounced \ma.ni.pyl\. Often confused with manipuler and manipulée.

Key facts for manipule
PropertyValue
Headwordmanipule
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ni.pyl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#21,074
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of manipule in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for manipule is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ma.ni.pyl\. Corpus data places it at rank #21,074 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for manipule, with forms such as "amnipule", "mainpule", and "maniplue". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "manipuler", "manipulée", "manipulent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is manipule, spelled M-A-N-I-P-U-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chacune des compagnies dont était composée la cohorte, dans l’ancienne armée romaine et composée elle-même de deux centuries.
  2. 2
    Poignée de fleurs, de plantes médicinales.
  3. 3
    Poignée transversale au centre d’un bouclier celte, derrière l’umbo.
  4. 4
    Ornement que le prêtre catholique porte au bras gauche lorsqu’il célébre la messe, et que le diacre et le sous-diacre portent aussi quand ils servent à l’autel.
  5. 5
    Poignée qui sert à retirer un vase du feu sans se brûler.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amnipule,mainpule,maniplue,manippule,manipuel,manipulle,maniuple,mannipule,manpiule,mmanipule,mnaipule

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for manipule

Misspelling Variants of "manipule"

amnipule8mainpule8maniplue8manippule9manipuel8manipulle9maniuple8mannipule9
Misspelling Variants of "manipule"

Frequency rank: #21,074 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "manipule"?
"manipule" is spelled M-A-N-I-P-U-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ni.pyl\.
What does "manipule" mean?
As a noun, "manipule" means: Chacune des compagnies dont était composée la cohorte, dans l’ancienne armée romaine et composée elle-même de deux centuries.
What words are commonly confused with "manipule"?
"manipule" is commonly confused with "manipuler", "manipulée", "manipulent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manipule"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manipule" is \ma.ni.pyl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manipule" come from?
"manipule" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.