manuscrit

\ma.nys.kʁi\

/\ma.nys.kʁi\/ adj

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The verdict

“manuscrit” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,714. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,714
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est écrit à la main, par opposition à ce qui est imprimé, ou copié à la machine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-manuscrit · manuscrit · French

manuscrit · rank #6,714 · 14 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,714
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Louvre

Nearest frequency peer: Louvre (-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 « manuscrit »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « manuscrit » 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).

manuscrit vs manuscrits
90% similar
manuscrit vs manuscrite
90% similar
manuscrit vs manuscrites
82% similar

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

Key facts for manuscrit
PropertyValue
Headwordmanuscrit
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ma.nys.kʁi\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,714
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « manuscrit »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).manuscritse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Louvre » (#6,713), « mettons » (#6,715), « Lisa » (#6,712). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « manuscrit » est au #6,714. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around manuscrit (IPA \ma.nys.kʁi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #6,714 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est écrit à la main, par opposition à ce qui est imprimé, ou copié à la machine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for manuscrit, with forms such as "amnuscrit", "mannuscrit", and "mansucrit". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "manuscrits", "manuscrite", "manuscrites", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 manuscrit, spelled M-A-N-U-S-C-R-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est écrit à la main, par opposition à ce qui est imprimé, ou copié à la machine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Cependant les éditions incunables des Météorologiques, tout comme les autres versions manuscrites et imprimées de ce texte, transmirent dans les commentaires qui les accompagnaient diverses discussions autour de l'alchimie, […].

Synonyms

autographe

This word in other languages

handwritten(English)manuscrito(Español)handgeschrieben(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amnuscrit
  • mannuscrit
  • mansucrit
  • manucsrit
  • manusccrit
  • manuscirt
  • manuscritt
  • manuscrrit
  • manuscrti
  • manusrcit
  • manusscrit
  • maunscrit
  • mmanuscrit
  • mnauscrit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

amnuscrit2mannuscrit1mansucrit2manucsrit2manusccrit1manuscirt2manuscritt1manuscrrit1
Edit distance from "manuscrit"

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 "manuscrit"?
"manuscrit" is spelled M-A-N-U-S-C-R-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.nys.kʁi\.
What does "manuscrit" mean?
As an adjective, "manuscrit" means: Qui est écrit à la main, par opposition à ce qui est imprimé, ou copié à la machine.
What words are commonly confused with "manuscrit"?
"manuscrit" is commonly confused with "manuscrits", "manuscrite", "manuscrites". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "manuscrit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "manuscrit" is \ma.nys.kʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "manuscrit" come from?
"manuscrit" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

introduire14 variantsdomestique14 variantsscolarité14 variantsaffirmation14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list