Which to use
“manchot” and “manchots” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,064
- “manchot” frequency rank
- #35,140
- “manchots” frequency rank
- 67204
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manchot | manchots |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est estropié ou privé de la main ou du bras. | Masculin pluriel de manchot (sens lié au bras). |
Same sound, different letters: manchot vs manchots
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. manchot runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against manchots's 8 (CVCCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - manchot / manchots
This is the hard kind. manchot and manchots are pronounced identically (\mɑ̃.ʃo\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “manchot” sits inside “manchots”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manchot is recorded at frequency rank #32,064, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.ʃo\. manchots is at rank #35,140, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɑ̃.ʃo\.
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 67204, this pair ranks #64,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of manchot vs manchots
Shared letters: achmnot. Private to "manchot": -. Private to "manchots": s.
"manchot" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "manchots" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manchot" for "manchots" ever safe?
Frequency check: "manchot" vs "manchots" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "manchot" / "manchots". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "manchot" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manchots" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #64,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manchot" and "manchots" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manchon vs manchots". 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 #64,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.