MDMA
\ɛm.de.ɛm.a\
The verdict
“MDMA” is uncommon French (frequency #67,693 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,693
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Molécule psychotrope de la famille des amphétamines aux caractéristiques entactogènes.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mdma · MDMA · French
MDMA · rank #67,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,693
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH meltdown
Nearest frequency peer: meltdown (+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 « MDMA »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- matines
matines
32,312 corpus weight
- maton
maton
32,311 corpus weight
- MDMA
MDMA
32,308 corpus weight
- meltdown
meltdown
32,307 corpus weight
- menacerait
menacerait
32,306 corpus weight
- menstruelle
menstruelle
32,305 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « MDMA » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | MDMA |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛm.de.ɛm.a\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #67,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « MDMA » en français
Rare enough to double-check
MDMA is uncommon French at frequency #67,693 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛm.de.ɛm.a\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Molécule psychotrope de la famille des amphétamines aux caractéristiques entactogènes.".
MDMA doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is MDMA, spelled M-D-M-A.
Definition
- 1Molécule psychotrope de la famille des amphétamines aux caractéristiques entactogènes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how MDMA appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Tu te rappelles la dernière fois, on avait parlé du MDMA, eh ben y a une fille là, une copine de Londres qui en a pris et qui raconte des trucs de ouf sur son twitter... La drogue de l'amour ? Non je savais pas.
En janvier dernier, Ayelet Waldman, écrivaine américaine quinquagénaire, racontait dans ses mémoires comment elle avait décidé de prendre de la MDMA avec son mari.
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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