mayennais

adj

The verdict

“mayennais” is uncommon French (frequency #77,698 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#77,698
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relatif au département français de la Mayenne.

Key facts for mayennais
PropertyValue
Headwordmayennais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,698
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mayennais” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mayennais lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mayennais is uncommon French at frequency #77,698 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for mayennais in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 mayennais, spelled M-A-Y-E-N-N-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif au département français de la Mayenne.
  2. 2
    Relatif à Mayenne, commune française située dans le département de la Mayenne.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mayennais"?
"mayennais" is spelled M-A-Y-E-N-N-A-I-S.
What does "mayennais" mean?
As an adjective, "mayennais" means: Relatif au département français de la Mayenne.
What language does "mayennais" come from?
"mayennais" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “mayennais”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-A-Y-E-N-N-A-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list