manteau

\mɑ̃.to\

/\mɑ̃.to\/ noun

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The verdict

“manteau” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,476. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,476
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vêtement de dessus qui prend depuis les épaules jusqu’au-dessous des genoux et sert à se garantir de la pluie et du froid.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manteau · manteau · French

manteau · rank #5,476 · 9 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,476
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Manchester

Nearest frequency peer: Manchester (-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 « manteau »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « manteau » 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).

manteau vs mantes
71% similar
manteau vs mantra
71% similar
manteau vs marteau
86% similar

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

Key facts for manteau
PropertyValue
Headwordmanteau
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃.to\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,476
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manteau »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.manteause 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 « Manchester » (#5,475), « matt » (#5,477), « look » (#5,474). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manteau » est au #5,476. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around manteau (IPA \mɑ̃.to\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,476 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for manteau, with forms such as "amnteau", "manetau", and "mannteau". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "mantes", "mantra", "marteau", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is manteau, spelled M-A-N-T-E-A-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vêtement de dessus qui prend depuis les épaules jusqu’au-dessous des genoux et sert à se garantir de la pluie et du froid.
  2. 2
    Vêtement de femme à manches qui se porte sur une robe.
  3. 3
    Couverture placée sur le dos d’un cheval pour le protéger du froid et de la pluie.
  4. 4
    Partie de la cheminée qui fait saillie au-dessus de l’âtre.
  5. 5
    Partie d’un artéfact qui recouvre ou enveloppe une autre partie.
  6. 6
    Ce qui recouvre quelque chose.
  7. 7
    Couche géologique terrestre située entre l’écorce et le noyau, d’une épaisseur moyenne de 3000 kilomètres.
  8. 8
    Fourrure herminée sur laquelle est posé l’écu.
  9. 9
    Dos quand la couleur du plumage d’un oiseau ou du pelage d’un animal diffère du celle du reste du corps. → voir mantelure
  10. 10
    Enveloppe de peau des mollusques qui abrite les autres organes et sécrète la coquille chez les espèces qui en sont pourvues.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il […] se coiffa d’un toquet de velours noir sans plume ni pierreries, s’enveloppa d’un manteau de couleur sombre.
  2. Il jeta sur son lit son grand manteau réglementaire, moitié djellaba, moitié manteau de paysan andalou écussonné sur la poitrine aux armes de la Légion.

Synonyms

lardossepaletotpardessus

This word in other languages

cloak(English)capa(Español)Mantel(Deutsch)casaco(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnteau
  • manetau
  • mannteau
  • mantaeu
  • manteua
  • mantteau
  • matneau
  • mmanteau
  • mnateau

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amnteau2manetau2mannteau1mantaeu2manteua2mantteau1matneau2mmanteau1
Edit distance from "manteau"

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 "manteau"?
"manteau" is spelled M-A-N-T-E-A-U. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.to\.
What does "manteau" mean?
As a noun, "manteau" means: Vêtement de dessus qui prend depuis les épaules jusqu’au-dessous des genoux et sert à se garantir de la pluie et du froid.
What words are commonly confused with "manteau"?
"manteau" is commonly confused with "mantes", "mantra", "marteau". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manteau"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manteau" is \mɑ̃.to\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manteau" come from?
"manteau" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

ordonné#5,481inspire#5,468insiste#5,467rendant#5,494

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

rayons9 variantsretenue9 variantssalarié9 variantsbreton9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list