Which to use
“manioc” and “manitou” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,262
- “manioc” frequency rank
- #44,571
- “manitou” frequency rank
- 74833
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | manioc | manitou |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Arbrisseau d’Amérique du Sud, de la famille des euphorbiacées, dont le nom scientifique est Manihot esculenta et qui est cultivé en zone intertropicale pour ses tubercules, ainsi que dans certains pays pour consommer les feuilles cuites. | Nom donné à leur déité, à leur dieu principal par certains peuples amérindiens. |
Where the eye mixes manioc and manitou
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. manioc runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against manitou's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between manioc and manitou
A purely visual mix-up. manioc (\ma.njɔk\) and manitou (\ma.ni.tu\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74833, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
manioc is recorded at frequency rank #30,262, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.njɔk\. manitou is at rank #44,571, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.ni.tu\.
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 74833, this pair ranks #35,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of manioc vs manitou
Shared letters: aimno. Private to "manioc": c. Private to "manitou": tu.
"manioc" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "manitou" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "manioc" for "manitou" ever safe?
Frequency check: "manioc" vs "manitou" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "manioc" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "manitou" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,871 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "manioc" and "manitou" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "manitou vs monitor". 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 #35,871 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.