Mayne
The verdict
“Mayne” is uncommon French (frequency #75,896 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,896
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mayne · Mayne · French
Mayne · rank #75,896 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,896
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Mauresmo
Nearest frequency peer: Mauresmo (-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 « Mayne »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- massot
massot
24,109 corpus weight
- mathusalem
mathusalem
24,108 corpus weight
- Mauresmo
Mauresmo
24,106 corpus weight
- Mayne
Mayne
24,105 corpus weight
- mazet
mazet
24,104 corpus weight
- MCF
MCF
24,102 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mayne » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mayne |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #75,896 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mayne » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mayne is uncommon French at frequency #75,896 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
Mayne has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Mayne, spelled M-A-Y-N-E.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mayne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Est-ce qu’ils ont seulement lu Mayne Reid, ces mômes-là…
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).