méchante langue
The verdict
“méchante langue” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Synonyme de mauvaise langue.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mechante-langue · méchante langue · French
méchante langue · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | méchante langue |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
méchante langue is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Synonyme de mauvaise langue.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for méchante langue, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is méchante langue, spelled M-É-C-H-A-N-T-E- -L-A-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Synonyme de mauvaise langue.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how méchante langue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vous savez, Marcoul, on clabaude n'importe quoi ! Les méchantes langues n'en sont pas à une supposition, ni à une haine !
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.