Mayenne

\ma.jɛn\

/\ma.jɛn\/ name

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The verdict

“Mayenne” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,436. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,436
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière française.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mayenne · Mayenne · French

Mayenne · rank #15,436 · 8 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,436
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH marraine

Nearest frequency peer: marraine (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Mayenne »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Mayenne » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Mayenne vs mienne
57% similar
Mayenne vs moyenne
71% similar
Mayenne vs moyennes
63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Mayenne
PropertyValue
HeadwordMayenne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ma.jɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,436
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Mayenne »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Mayennese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « marraine » (#15,435), « Mayotte » (#15,437), « maquette » (#15,434). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Mayenne » est au #15,436. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around Mayenne (IPA \ma.jɛn\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #15,436 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mayenne, with forms such as "amyenne", "maeynne", and "mayene". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "mienne", "moyenne", "moyennes", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Mayenne, spelled M-A-Y-E-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rivière française.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Mayenne.
  3. 3
    Département français de la région administrative des Pays de la Loire, qui porte le numéro 53.
  4. 4
    Canton français, situé dans le département de la Mayenne.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mayenne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le département de la Mayenne est administré par un préfet qui réside à Laval, deux sous-préfets, l'un à Château-Gontier, l'autre à Mayenne, un conseil de préfecture composé de 4 membres, dont un secrétaire général, un conseil général de département composé de 27 membres, trois conseils d'arrondissemens composés savoir : à Château-Gontier de 9 membres, à L…
  2. Exténué d’un long jeûne, brisé de fatigue et gelé jusqu’aux moelles, on ne pouvait plus marcher ni même tenir son fusil, alors qu’il aurait fallu se jeter avec précipitation dans le département de la Mayenne, car l’ennemi cherchait évidemment à tourner la faible troupe du côté de Loué et de Brulon.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amyenne
  • maeynne
  • mayene
  • mayenen
  • maynene
  • mayyenne
  • mmayenne
  • myaenne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mayenne - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

amyenne2maeynne2mayene1mayenen2maynene2mayyenne1mmayenne1myaenne2
Edit distance from "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 "Mayenne"?
"Mayenne" is spelled M-A-Y-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ma.jɛn\.
What does "Mayenne" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mayenne" means: Rivière française.
What words are commonly confused with "Mayenne"?
"Mayenne" is commonly confused with "mienne", "moyenne", "moyennes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mayenne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mayenne" is \ma.jɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mayenne" come from?
"Mayenne" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mayenne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mayotte#15,437miennes#15,442lenteur#15,426montrée#15,446

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

menait8 variantsminier8 variantspassais8 variantsprions8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list