relever ses manches
\ʁə.lə.ve se mɑ̃ʃ\
The verdict
“relever ses manches” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 19
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se mettre au travail.
Corpus desk
Index FR-relever-ses-manches · relever ses manches · French
relever ses manches · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 19 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | relever ses manches |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ʁə.lə.ve se mɑ̃ʃ\ |
| Letters | 19 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
relever ses manches is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ʁə.lə.ve se mɑ̃ʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se mettre au travail.".
No misspelling variants are generated for relever ses manches in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is relever ses manches, spelled R-E-L-E-V-E-R- -S-E-S- -M-A-N-C-H-E-S.
Definition
- 1Se mettre au travail.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how relever ses manches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Alors l’équipe relève ses manches et va elle-même aider à récolter fruits et légumes.
Synonyms
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.