mainate
\mɛ.nat\
The verdict
“mainate” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce d’oiseau passereau conirostre habitant la Malaisie, de la famille des sturnidés.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mainate · mainate · French
mainate · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" 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 | mainate |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛ.nat\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mainate is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛ.nat\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce d’oiseau passereau conirostre habitant la Malaisie, de la famille des sturnidés.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mainate, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 mainate, spelled M-A-I-N-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Espèce d’oiseau passereau conirostre habitant la Malaisie, de la famille des sturnidés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mainate appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avant d’entrer dans le détail de ces variétés, je dois ajouter que le mainate a beaucoup de talent pour siffler, pour chanter et pour parler, qu’il a même la prononciation plus franche que le perroquet, nommé l’oiseau parleur par excellence, et qu’il se plaît à exercer son talent jusqu'à l’importunité.
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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.