Mavis
\meɪvɪs\
The verdict
“Mavis” is uncommon French (frequency #61,683 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,683
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mavis · Mavis · French
Mavis · rank #61,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,683
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mato
Nearest frequency peer: mato (-2 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 « Mavis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- marquerait
marquerait
38,323 corpus weight
- marécageuse
marécageuse
38,322 corpus weight
- Maskinongé
Maskinongé
38,321 corpus weight
- mato
mato
38,320 corpus weight
- Mavis
Mavis
38,318 corpus weight
- McLean
McLean
38,316 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mavis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mavis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \meɪvɪs\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #61,683 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mavis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mavis is uncommon French at frequency #61,683 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \meɪvɪs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
Mavis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is Mavis, spelled M-A-V-I-S.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mavis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mavis Gallant.
Mavis Staples.
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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