Messidor
/ˈmɛsɪdɔː/
"messidor" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Messidor” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The tenth month of the French Republican Calendar, from June 19 or 20 to July 18 or 19.
Corpus desk
Index EN-messidor · Messidor · English
Messidor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Messidor |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɛsɪdɔː/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Messidor” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Messidor is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈmɛsɪdɔː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The tenth month of the French Republican Calendar, from June 19 or 20 to July 18 or 19.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Messidor in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French messidor, from Latin messis (“harvest”) + Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift”). The correct English form is Messidor, spelled M-E-S-S-I-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1The tenth month of the French Republican Calendar, from June 19 or 20 to July 18 or 19.
Etymology
Borrowed from French messidor, from Latin messis (“harvest”) + Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift”).
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.