ne manquer plus que

\nə mɑ̃.ke ply kə\

/\nə mɑ̃.ke ply kə\/ verb

The verdict

“ne manquer plus que” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a verb - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
19
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Être un comble que.

Key facts for ne manquer plus que
PropertyValue
Headwordne manquer plus que
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\nə mɑ̃.ke ply kə\
Letters19
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ne manquer plus que” sits in French frequency

ne manquer plus que falls outside the top-100,000 ranked French words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for ne manquer plus que is 19 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \nə mɑ̃.ke ply kə\. 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: "Être un comble que.".

No misspelling variants are generated for ne manquer plus que in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is ne manquer plus que, spelled N-E- -M-A-N-Q-U-E-R- -P-L-U-S- -Q-U-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Être un comble que.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ne manquer plus que"?
"ne manquer plus que" is spelled N-E- -M-A-N-Q-U-E-R- -P-L-U-S- -Q-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \nə mɑ̃.ke ply kə\.
What does "ne manquer plus que" mean?
As a verb, "ne manquer plus que" means: Être un comble que.
How do you pronounce "ne manquer plus que"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ne manquer plus que" is \nə mɑ̃.ke ply kə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ne manquer plus que" come from?
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Using “ne manquer plus que”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is N-E- -M-A-N-Q-U-E-R- -P-L-U-S- -Q-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \nə mɑ̃.ke ply kə\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: 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.

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