mauvaises manières
\mɔ.vɛz ma.njɛʁ\
The verdict
“mauvaises manières” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attitudes, gestes, comportements considérés comme non conformes à la politesse, au savoir-vivre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mauvaises-manieres · mauvaises manières · French
mauvaises manières · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 18 letters
- VOW-9 9 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 | mauvaises manières |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.vɛz ma.njɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 18 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mauvaises manières » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mauvaises manières is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.vɛz ma.njɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Attitudes, gestes, comportements considérés comme non conformes à la politesse, au savoir-vivre.".
mauvaises manières doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mauvaises manières, spelled M-A-U-V-A-I-S-E-S- -M-A-N-I-È-R-E-S.
Definition
- 1Attitudes, gestes, comportements considérés comme non conformes à la politesse, au savoir-vivre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mauvaises manières appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je retourne aux mauvaises manières ; je n’en suis pas fâché pour mon petit doigt qui se détend, reprend sa forme accoutumée. Je préfère avoir de mauvaises manières et n’avoir pas l’auriculaire comme une queue de rat empoisonné.
Antonyms
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.