manola
\ma.nɔ.la\
The verdict
“manola” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En Espagne, grisette, femme facile.
Corpus desk
Index FR-manola · manola · French
manola · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | manola |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.nɔ.la\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « manola » en français
Rare enough to double-check
manola is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.nɔ.la\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En Espagne, grisette, femme facile.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for manola, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is manola, spelled M-A-N-O-L-A.
Definition
- 1En Espagne, grisette, femme facile.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how manola appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On voit beaucoup moins de femmes que d’hommes, et la plupart sont de la classe des manolas (grisettes).
Mais que vous dirai-je de lʼorgueilleuse manola, type de femme unique en Espagne et à laquelle on ne saurait trouver rien de comparable dans aucun autre pays ?
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.