mauvaises manières
\mɔ.vɛz ma.njɛʁ\
The verdict
“mauvaises manières” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 18
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Attitudes, gestes, comportements considérés comme non conformes à la politesse, au savoir-vivre.
| 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) |
Where “mauvaises manières” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mauvaises manières is 18 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɔ.vɛz ma.njɛʁ\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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.
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.
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The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-A-U-V-A-I-S-E-S- -M-A-N-I-È-R-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.