mankind
\ˌmæn.ˈkaɪnd\
The verdict
“mankind” is uncommon French (frequency #70,817 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,817
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Humanité, l’Homme, le genre humain. Note d’usage : Certains trouvent ce mot sexiste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mankind · mankind · French
mankind · rank #70,817 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,817
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mangeuse
Nearest frequency peer: mangeuse (-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 « mankind »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mangea
mangea
29,187 corpus weight
- mangeras
mangeras
29,186 corpus weight
- mangeuse
mangeuse
29,185 corpus weight
- mankind
mankind
29,184 corpus weight
- Marburg
Marburg
29,183 corpus weight
- marcherai
marcherai
29,182 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mankind » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mankind |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˌmæn.ˈkaɪnd\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #70,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mankind » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mankind is uncommon French at frequency #70,817 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˌmæn.ˈkaɪnd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for mankind in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mankind, spelled M-A-N-K-I-N-D.
Definition
- 1Humanité, l’Homme, le genre humain. Note d’usage : Certains trouvent ce mot sexiste.
- 2Totalité des hommes, par opposition à celle des femmes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mankind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The biggest threat to mankind is mankind itself.
Mankind is evil in its thoughts and in its base constructions, and Jonas was resolved it should not have an inch to stretch into an ell against him.
Antonyms
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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