La Mecque
\la mɛk\
The verdict
“La Mecque” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville d’Arabie saoudite, la ville sainte la plus importante de l’islam.
Corpus desk
Index FR-la-mecque · La Mecque · French
La Mecque · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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 | La Mecque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \la mɛk\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
La Mecque is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \la mɛk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for La Mecque, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is La Mecque, spelled L-A- -M-E-C-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Ville d’Arabie saoudite, la ville sainte la plus importante de l’islam.
- 2Haut lieu associé à une pratique, une passion, une religion.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how La Mecque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L'âne peut aller à la Mecque, il n’en reviendra pas pèlerin.
Toursène et le batcha se tournèrent vers l’endroit où, par-delà monts, plaines et déserts, se trouvait La Mecque. C’était l’heure de la première prière, l’instant qui, dans la pureté de l’aurore, engage toute la longueur du jour.
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.