MCO
\ɛm.se.o\
The verdict
“MCO” is uncommon French (frequency #56,106 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,106
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Désigne les séjours hospitaliers courts permettant de traiter des affections graves du corps dans une phase aiguë, par opposition à la psychiatrie d’une part, et aux soins de suite et de réadaptati...
Corpus desk
Index FR-mco · MCO · French
MCO · rank #56,106 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,106
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 202,672
- PHOTO-FINISH meal
Nearest frequency peer: meal (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “MCO”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mascherano
mascherano
43,900 corpus weight
- MCC
MCC
43,897 corpus weight
- MCO
MCO
43,895 corpus weight
- meal
meal
43,894 corpus weight
- mildiou
mildiou
43,892 corpus weight
- militariste
militariste
43,891 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “MCO” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | MCO |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛm.se.o\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #56,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “MCO” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
MCO is uncommon French at frequency #56,106 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛm.se.o\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for MCO, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is MCO, spelled M-C-O.
Definition
- 1Désigne les séjours hospitaliers courts permettant de traiter des affections graves du corps dans une phase aiguë, par opposition à la psychiatrie d’une part, et aux soins de suite et de réadaptation (SSR) d’autre part. Établissement hospitalier pour un tel séjour.
- 2Désigne la maintenance du matériel.
- 3Brevet de technicien supérieur destiné à former des personnels de vente et d’encadrement d’équipes de vente ; anciennement BTS MUC, force de vente.
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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Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency 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.