méconnu

adj

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The verdict

“méconnu” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,953. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,953
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n'est pas reconnu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meconnu · méconnu · French

méconnu · rank #16,953 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,953
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH méchanceté

Nearest frequency peer: méchanceté (-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 « méconnu »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « méconnu » 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).

méconnu vs méconnue
88% similar
méconnu vs méconnus
88% similar
méconnu vs méconnues
78% similar

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

Key facts for méconnu
PropertyValue
Headwordméconnu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,953
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « méconnu »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).méconnuse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « méchanceté » (#16,952), « métamorphose » (#16,954), « MW » (#16,951). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « méconnu » est au #16,953. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around méconnu, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,953 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui n'est pas reconnu.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for méconnu, with forms such as "mcéonnu", "meconnu", and "mméconnu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "méconnue", "méconnus", "méconnues", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is méconnu, spelled M-É-C-O-N-N-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n'est pas reconnu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les frères méconnus immolés par leurs frères.
  2. — Et votre père, est-il informé de vos projets ? C’était sa ressource d’invoquer l’autorité de Montessuy, quand la sienne était méconnue.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mcéonnu
  • meconnu
  • mméconnu
  • mécconnu
  • mécnonu
  • méconu
  • méconun
  • méocnnu
  • émconnu

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of méconnu - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mcéonnu2meconnu1mméconnu1mécconnu1mécnonu2méconu1méconun2méocnnu2
Edit distance from "méconnu"

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 "méconnu"?
"méconnu" is spelled M-É-C-O-N-N-U.
What does "méconnu" mean?
As an adjective, "méconnu" means: Qui n'est pas reconnu.
What words are commonly confused with "méconnu"?
"méconnu" is commonly confused with "méconnue", "méconnus", "méconnues". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "méconnu" come from?
"méconnu" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "méconnu", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

odyssée#16,958offrira#16,959merdier#16,944manette#16,940

Similar misspelling depth

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

Mireille9 variantsmargot9 variantsmanuelle9 variantspoirier9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list