Which to use
“manette” and “manettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,940
- “manette” frequency rank
- #20,783
- “manettes” frequency rank
- 37723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manette | manettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Poignée, généralement de métal, qui sert à actionner un mécanisme, un levier, un robinet, une roue… | Pluriel de manette. |
Same sound, different letters: manette vs manettes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. manette runs 7 letters (CVCVCCV) against manettes's 8 (CVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: manette vs manettes
This is the hard kind. manette and manettes are pronounced identically (\ma.nɛt\) 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) - “manette” sits inside “manettes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manette is recorded at frequency rank #16,940, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.nɛt\. manettes is at rank #20,783, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.nɛt\.
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 37723, this pair ranks #260,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of manette vs manettes
Shared letters: aemnt. Private to "manette": -. Private to "manettes": s.
"manette" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "manettes" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "manette" and "manettes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "manette" or "manettes"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "manette" / "manettes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "manette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,411 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manette" and "manettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manettes vs muettes". 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 #260,411 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.