mante
\mɑ̃t\
The verdict
“mante” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,857. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,857
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vêtement de femme, ample et sans manches, qui se porte par dessus les autres vêtements, par temps froids.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mante · mante · French
mante · rank #40,857 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,857
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH manichéisme
Nearest frequency peer: manichéisme (-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 « mante »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- madras
madras
59,149 corpus weight
- maladresses
maladresses
59,146 corpus weight
- manichéisme
manichéisme
59,145 corpus weight
- mante
mante
59,144 corpus weight
- manuscrites
manuscrites
59,143 corpus weight
- marcha
marcha
59,142 corpus weight
What this shows « mante » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mante |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃t\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #40,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mante »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around mante (IPA \mɑ̃t\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,857 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mante, with forms such as "amnte", "mannte", and "mantte". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mat", "mont", "mine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mante, spelled M-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Vêtement de femme, ample et sans manches, qui se porte par dessus les autres vêtements, par temps froids.
- 2Vêtement de ce genre que les dames portaient pendant les deuils de cour.
- 3Habit que portent quelques religieuses.
- 4Grande cape.
- 5Élément qui recouvre quelque chose.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y avait dans ses vêtements des vestiges de magnificence. C’était de la soie usée, une mante propre, quoique passée, des dentelles soigneusement raccommodées ; enfin les haillons de l’opulence !
Miette était couverte d’une grande mante brune à capuchon, qui lui tombait jusqu’aux pieds et l’enveloppait tout entière. On ne voyait que sa tête et ses mains.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- amnte
- mannte
- mantte
- matne
- mmante
- mnate
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mante - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mante", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).