méchante langue

noun

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.

Key facts for méchante langue
PropertyValue
Headwordméchante langue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « méchante langue » en français

méchante languen'entre pas dans le top 100.000 du français: zone de termes techniques, archaïques ou rares.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Synonyme de mauvaise langue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "méchante langue"?
"méchante langue" is spelled M-É-C-H-A-N-T-E- -L-A-N-G-U-E.
What does "méchante langue" mean?
As a noun, "méchante langue" means: Synonyme de mauvaise langue.
What language does "méchante langue" come from?
"méchante langue" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list