mandibules
\mɑ̃.di.byl\
The verdict
“mandibules” is uncommon French (frequency #63,901 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,901
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de mandibule.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mandibules · mandibules · French
mandibules · rank #63,901 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,901
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH maniaco
Nearest frequency peer: maniaco (+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 « mandibules »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- macérer
macérer
36,103 corpus weight
- magiquement
magiquement
36,102 corpus weight
- mandibules
mandibules
36,100 corpus weight
- maniaco
maniaco
36,099 corpus weight
- manifestera
manifestera
36,098 corpus weight
- manpower
manpower
36,097 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mandibules » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mandibules |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.di.byl\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mandibules » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mandibules is uncommon French at frequency #63,901 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃.di.byl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de mandibule.".
mandibules has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mandibules, spelled M-A-N-D-I-B-U-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de mandibule.
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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