mangrove
\mɑ̃.ɡʁɔv\
The verdict
“mangrove” is uncommon French (frequency #54,087 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,087
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formation végétale caractéristique des régions littorales de la zone tropicale, constituée de palétuviers et, selon les zones géographiques, d’espèces végétales variées.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mangrove · mangrove · French
mangrove · rank #54,087 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,087
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH malicieuse
Nearest frequency peer: malicieuse (-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 « mangrove »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- macabres
macabres
45,918 corpus weight
- macaques
macaques
45,917 corpus weight
- malicieuse
malicieuse
45,915 corpus weight
- mangrove
mangrove
45,914 corpus weight
- mansion
mansion
45,913 corpus weight
- marginalité
marginalité
45,911 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mangrove » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mangrove |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.ɡʁɔv\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,087 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mangrove » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mangrove is uncommon French at frequency #54,087 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃.ɡʁɔv\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Formation végétale caractéristique des régions littorales de la zone tropicale, constituée de palétuviers et, selon les zones géographiques, d’espèces végétales variées.".
mangrove has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented 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 mangrove, spelled M-A-N-G-R-O-V-E.
Definition
- 1Formation végétale caractéristique des régions littorales de la zone tropicale, constituée de palétuviers et, selon les zones géographiques, d’espèces végétales variées.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mangrove appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En trente ans, les mangroves ont perdu 20 % de leur superficie. La prise de conscience de leur valeur est récente. Ces forêts humides offrent une multitude de services irremplaçables. Elles limitent l’érosion due aux vents, aux vagues et au courants. Elles protègent les côtes contre les intrusions d’eau salée …
Un ciel grisailleux couvrait la mangrove à la grande joie des moustiques porteurs de fièvre qu’il avait fallu faire fuir vitement-pressé en allumant ici et là ces grands feux de bois que les anciens appelaient charibaudées.
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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