mécontentement

Name: mécontentement, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\me.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.mɑ̃\

/\me.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.mɑ̃\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“mécontentement” has 23 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,003. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,003
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 23
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment, état d'indignation de quelqu'un, d'un groupe de personnes, qui est mécontent.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mecontentement · mécontentement · French

mécontentement · rank #12,003 · 23 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #12,003
LEN-MEGA 14 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-HIGH 23 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH mâchoire

Nearest frequency peer: mâchoire (-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.

multiplie

88,001
mythologie

88,000
mâchoire

87,999
mécontentem…

87,998
médian

87,997
méthodologie

87,996

What this shows « mécontentement » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Key facts for mécontentement
Property	Value
Headword	mécontentement
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\me.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.mɑ̃\
Letters	14
Frequency rank	#12,003
Misspellings tracked	23
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mécontentement »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mécontentementse place ici:

#12,003

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mâchoire » (#12,002), « médian » (#12,004), « mythologie » (#12,001). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mécontentement » est au #12,003. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 23 spelling variants around mécontentement (IPA \me.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,003 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sentiment, état d'indignation de quelqu'un, d'un groupe de personnes, qui est mécontent.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 23 likely wrong-spelling variants for mécontentement, with forms such as "mcéontentement", "mecontentement", and "mmécontentement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 mécontentement, spelled M-É-C-O-N-T-E-N-T-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

1
Sentiment, état d'indignation de quelqu'un, d'un groupe de personnes, qui est mécontent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Faites entrer cette personne, dit péremptoirement M. Camusot dont le mécontentement perça, malgré son apparente indifférence.
Il faudra, que l’Angleterre s’occupe à détruire les abus nombreux que des siècles d’oppression et d’injustice ont enraciné dans ce pays ; il faudra qu’elle marche largement dans les voies de la réforme et de la liberté, si elle ne veut pas entretenir un foyer continuel de mécontentement et d’agitation au milieu de l’Irlande.

Synonyms

insatisfaction

Antonyms

contentement

This word in other languages

discontent(English)descontento(Español)Unzufriedenheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

mcéontentement
mecontentement
mmécontentement
méccontentement
mécnotentement
méconetntement
méconntentement
mécontenetment
mécontenntement
mécontenteemnt
mécontentemennt
mécontentementt
mécontentemetn
mécontentemment
mécontentemnet
mécontentmeent
mécontenttement
mécontetnement
mécontnetement
méconttentement
mécotnentement
méocntentement
émcontentement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mécontentement - 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.

Edit distance from "mécontentement"

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 "mécontentement"?

"mécontentement" is spelled M-É-C-O-N-T-E-N-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \me.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.mɑ̃\.

What does "mécontentement" mean?

As a noun, "mécontentement" means: Sentiment, état d'indignation de quelqu'un, d'un groupe de personnes, qui est mécontent.

What are common misspellings of "mécontentement"?

Common misspellings include "mcéontentement", "mecontentement", "mmécontentement", "méccontentement", "mécnotentement". The correct spelling is "mécontentement".

How do you pronounce "mécontentement"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mécontentement" is \me.kɔ̃.tɑ̃t.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mécontentement" come from?

"mécontentement" 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 "mécontentement", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (23 here; floor ≥5).

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