mécano

\me.ka.no\

/\me.ka.no\/ noun

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The verdict

“mécano” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,359. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,359
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mécanicien ou mécanicienne

Corpus desk

Index FR-mecano · mécano · French

mécano · rank #33,359 · 9 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,359
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mutilés

Nearest frequency peer: mutilés (-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 « mécano »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mécano » 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).

mécano vs Megan
33% similar
mécano vs menant
50% similar
mécano vs mêlant
50% similar

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

Key facts for mécano
PropertyValue
Headwordmécano
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.ka.no\
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,359
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mécano »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mécanose 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 « mutilés » (#33,358), « Médard » (#33,360), « murder » (#33,357). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mécano » est au #33,359. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mécano (IPA \me.ka.no\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,359 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mécano, with forms such as "mcéano", "mecano", and "mmécano". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "Megan", "menant", "mêlant", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mécano, spelled M-É-C-A-N-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mécanicien ou mécanicienne
  2. 2
    Mécanicien ou mécanicienne
  3. 3
    Mécanicien ou mécanicienne

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Plus vite, mécano, nous ne faisons que du 115…
  2. Vu que c’est la voiture de mon oncle, ce serait quand même plus prudent que je l’emmène chez un mécano.

Synonyms

mécanicienmécanicienne

This word in other languages

grease monkey(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mcéano
  • mecano
  • mmécano
  • méacno
  • mécanno
  • mécaon
  • méccano
  • mécnao
  • émcano

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mécano - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mcéano2mecano1mmécano1méacno2mécanno1mécaon2méccano1mécnao2
Edit distance from "mécano"

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 "mécano"?
"mécano" is spelled M-É-C-A-N-O. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ka.no\.
What does "mécano" mean?
As a noun, "mécano" means: Mécanicien ou mécanicienne
What words are commonly confused with "mécano"?
"mécano" is commonly confused with "Megan", "menant", "mêlant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mécano"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mécano" is \me.ka.no\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mécano" come from?
"mécano" 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 "mécano", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Médard#33,360murder#33,357naitre#33,365navets#33,368

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

necker9 variantsninjas9 variantsLuciano9 variantslilloise9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list