manivelle

\ma.ni.vɛl\

/\ma.ni.vɛl\/ noun

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The verdict

“manivelle” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,593. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,593
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce de fer ou de bois qui se replie souvent deux fois à angle droit et qui, placée à l’extrémité d’un axe ou d’un essieu, sert à faire tourner celui-ci, souvent à la main.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manivelle · manivelle · French

manivelle · rank #31,593 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,593
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH malveillant

Nearest frequency peer: malveillant (-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 « manivelle »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « manivelle » 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).

manivelle vs manuelle
78% similar
manivelle vs Marielle
67% similar
manivelle vs manille
78% similar

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

Key facts for manivelle
PropertyValue
Headwordmanivelle
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ma.ni.vɛl\
Letters9
Frequency rank#31,593
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manivelle »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.manivellese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « malveillant » (#31,592), « manquante » (#31,594), « malicieux » (#31,591). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manivelle » est au #31,593. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around manivelle (IPA \ma.ni.vɛl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,593 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for manivelle, with forms such as "amnivelle", "mainvelle", and "manievlle". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "manuelle", "Marielle", "manille", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 manivelle, spelled M-A-N-I-V-E-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce de fer ou de bois qui se replie souvent deux fois à angle droit et qui, placée à l’extrémité d’un axe ou d’un essieu, sert à faire tourner celui-ci, souvent à la main.
  2. 2
    Accessoire autrefois utilisé pour démarrer un moteur d’une voiture automobile, puis, avec l'arrivée des démarreurs électriques, c'est devenu un élément de secours qui a actuellement disparu.
  3. 3
    Sur une bicyclette, pièce du pédalier sur laquelle vient se fixer la pédale.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils se relayaient pour tourner la manivelle de la magnéto — une grosse « gégène ».
  2. À côté d’un vieux téléphone à manivelle, accroché au mur, un planning résumait la vie de l’exploitation, les emblavages, les projets, les devis, les échéances ; un tracé éloquent témoignait de rendements records.

This word in other languages

crank(English)manivela(Español)Kurbel(Deutsch)manivela(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnivelle
  • mainvelle
  • manievlle
  • manivele
  • manivelel
  • manivlele
  • manivvelle
  • mannivelle
  • manvielle
  • mmanivelle
  • mnaivelle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amnivelle2mainvelle2manievlle2manivele1manivelel2manivlele2manivvelle1mannivelle1
Edit distance from "manivelle"

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 "manivelle"?
"manivelle" is spelled M-A-N-I-V-E-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.ni.vɛl\.
What does "manivelle" mean?
As a noun, "manivelle" means: Pièce de fer ou de bois qui se replie souvent deux fois à angle droit et qui, placée à l’extrémité d’un axe ou d’un essieu, sert à faire tourner celui-ci, souvent à la main.
What words are commonly confused with "manivelle"?
"manivelle" is commonly confused with "manuelle", "Marielle", "manille". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manivelle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manivelle" is \ma.ni.vɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manivelle" come from?
"manivelle" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

manquante#31,594malicieux#31,591libertine#31,580justifiés#31,573

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Martens11 variantslombaire11 variantslimitait11 variantsmuscler11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list