manumission
\ma.ny.mi.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“manumission” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’affranchir un esclave ou un serf.
Corpus desk
Index FR-manumission · manumission · French
manumission · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | manumission |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ma.ny.mi.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « manumission » en français
Rare enough to double-check
manumission is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ma.ny.mi.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Action d’affranchir un esclave ou un serf.".
manumission has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 manumission, spelled M-A-N-U-M-I-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Action d’affranchir un esclave ou un serf.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how manumission appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
…car les raisons que j’ai données plus haut ne sont pas les seules qui s’opposaient à cette espèce de manumission.
L'action fut l'argent de manumission de la machinerie, et, en son essence, l'actionnaire représente et représentera constamment le propriétaire.
This word in other languages
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.