Mende
/ˈmɛndi/
"mende" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mende” is uncommon English (frequency #68,436 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,436
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A large West African ethnic group, speakers of the Mende language, living primarily in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mende · Mende · English
Mende · rank #68,436 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,436
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Melly
Nearest frequency peer: Melly (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Mende”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Meissner
Meissner
31,569 corpus weight
- Melly
Melly
31,567 corpus weight
- Mende
Mende
31,565 corpus weight
- Messner
Messner
31,563 corpus weight
- Metatron
Metatron
31,562 corpus weight
- metra
metra
31,561 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mende” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mende |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɛndi/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mende” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mende is uncommon English at frequency #68,436 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmɛndi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A large West African ethnic group, speakers of the Mende language, living primarily in Sierra Leone and Liberia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Mende in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct English form is Mende, spelled M-E-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1A large West African ethnic group, speakers of the Mende language, living primarily in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.