manus

noun

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The verdict

“manus” is uncommon French (frequency #63,905 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,905
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Main.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manus · manus · French

manus · rank #63,905 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,905
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH manpower

Nearest frequency peer: manpower (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « manus »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « manus » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for manus
PropertyValue
Headwordmanus
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#63,905
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « manus » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.manustombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « manpower » (#63,904), « maraude » (#63,906), « manifestera » (#63,903). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manus » est au #63,905. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

manus is uncommon French at frequency #63,905 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for manus, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is manus, spelled M-A-N-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Main.
  2. 2
    Main, travail de la main, de l’homme.
  3. 3
    Main, travail de la main, de l’homme.
  4. 4
    Main armée, combat, exploits.
  5. 5
    Main armée, combat, exploits.
  6. 6
    Main armée, combat, exploits.
  7. 7
    Grappin, main de fer, harpon.
  8. 8
    Autorité, pouvoir, puissance.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. injicere manum alicui
  2. tendere manus ad aliquem.

Synonyms

hirir

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 "manus"?
"manus" is spelled M-A-N-U-S.
What does "manus" mean?
As a noun, "manus" means: Main.
What language does "manus" come from?
"manus" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marit#63,909lobos#63,889limbo#63,887lesse#63,883

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list