mandrill
\mɑ̃.dʁil\
The verdict
“mandrill” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Espèce de grand singe africain, de la famille des babouins, dont la face est sillonnée, et chez le mâle rouge et bleue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mandrill · mandrill · French
mandrill · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | mandrill |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.dʁil\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mandrill is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃.dʁil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espèce de grand singe africain, de la famille des babouins, dont la face est sillonnée, et chez le mâle rouge et bleue.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mandrill in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mandrill, spelled M-A-N-D-R-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1Espèce de grand singe africain, de la famille des babouins, dont la face est sillonnée, et chez le mâle rouge et bleue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mandrill appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le plus impressionnant de tous les babouins est probablement le mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) de l’Afrique occidentale. Il est plus localisé dans les forêts que la plupart des autres espèces et vit en petit groupe de six jusqu’à une douzaine. Il est omnivore et très habile à attraper les oiseaux et les petits mammifères.
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.