mandibulaire
\mɑ̃.di.by.lɛʁ\
The verdict
“mandibulaire” is uncommon French (frequency #75,878 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,878
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne la mandibule (ou mâchoire inférieure chez l’humain).
Corpus desk
Index FR-mandibulaire · mandibulaire · French
mandibulaire · rank #75,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,878
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mamou
Nearest frequency peer: mamou (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « mandibulaire »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- maltese
maltese
24,126 corpus weight
- Malvina
Malvina
24,125 corpus weight
- mamou
mamou
24,124 corpus weight
- mandibulaire
mandibulaire
24,123 corpus weight
- mandingue
mandingue
24,122 corpus weight
- mandrier
mandrier
24,121 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mandibulaire » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mandibulaire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.di.by.lɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #75,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mandibulaire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mandibulaire is uncommon French at frequency #75,878 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɑ̃.di.by.lɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui concerne la mandibule (ou mâchoire inférieure chez l’humain).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mandibulaire, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mandibulaire, spelled M-A-N-D-I-B-U-L-A-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Qui concerne la mandibule (ou mâchoire inférieure chez l’humain).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mandibulaire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si le Coq de Java diffère des autres Coqs par sa crête et par son fanon sous-mandibulaire, le Coq de Sonnerat ne s'en écarte pas moins par une singularité très curieuse des plumes de son camail.
La région antérolatérale mandibulaire est une région fréquemment explorée en chirurgie-dentaire.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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