Which to use
“manchette” and “manchettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,032
- “manchette” frequency rank
- #34,176
- “manchettes” frequency rank
- 63208
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manchette | manchettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Extrémité, empesée ou non, des manches de chemise, formant une sorte de poignet fixe ou mobile. | Pluriel de manchette. |
Same sound, different letters: manchette vs manchettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. manchette runs 9 letters (CVCCCVCCV) against manchettes's 10 (CVCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - manchette and manchettes
This is the hard kind. manchette and manchettes are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃.ʃɛt\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “manchette” sits inside “manchettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63208, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manchette is recorded at frequency rank #29,032, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.ʃɛt\. manchettes is at rank #34,176, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃.ʃɛt\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 63208, this pair ranks #83,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of manchette vs manchettes
Shared letters: acehmnt. Private to "manchette": -. Private to "manchettes": s.
"manchette" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCCV · "manchettes" · 10 letters · shape CVCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- manchette ← amnchette · macnhette · mancchette · mancehtte · manchete · manchetet · manchhette · manchtete
- manchettes ← amnchettes · macnhettes · mancchettes · mancehttes · manchetes · manchetets · manchettess · manchettse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manchette" for "manchettes" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "manchette" / "manchettes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "manchette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manchettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,203 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manchette" and "manchettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "machette vs manchettes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #83,203 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.