manquerais

\mɑ̃.kə.ʁɛ\

/\mɑ̃.kə.ʁɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“manquerais” is uncommon French (frequency #52,187 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,187
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de manquer.

Key facts for manquerais
PropertyValue
Headwordmanquerais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɑ̃.kə.ʁɛ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#52,187
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “manquerais” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). manquerais lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

manquerais is uncommon French at frequency #52,187 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \mɑ̃.kə.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

manquerais doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 manquerais, spelled M-A-N-Q-U-E-R-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de manquer.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de manquer.

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 "manquerais"?
"manquerais" is spelled M-A-N-Q-U-E-R-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.kə.ʁɛ\.
What does "manquerais" mean?
As a verb, "manquerais" means: Première personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de manquer.
How do you pronounce "manquerais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manquerais" is \mɑ̃.kə.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manquerais" come from?
"manquerais" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “manquerais”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-N-Q-U-E-R-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mɑ̃.kə.ʁɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list