# menopause

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɛnəpɔːz/ · frequency rank #23,597

## Definitions
1. The period in a woman's life when menstruation becomes irregular and less frequent before eventually stopping altogether, usually accompanied by a range of unpleasant symptoms; the period spanning perimenopause up to postmenopause.
2. The final menstrual period of a woman after which ovulation no longer occurs.

## Etymology
From French ménopause, from Latin menopausis, from Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “month”) + παῦσις (paûsis, “pause”). Equivalent to meno- + -pause.

## Easily confused with
- **menopausal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/menopausal-vs-menopause)

## Common misspellings (12)
`emnopause`, `mennopause`, `menoapuse`, `menopasue`, `menopaues`, `menopausse`, `menoppause`, `menopuase`, `menpoause`, `meonpause`, `mmenopause`, `mneopause`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/menopause