mécroire
\me.kʁwaʁ\
The verdict
“mécroire” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Refuser de croire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mecroire · mécroire · French
mécroire · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | mécroire |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \me.kʁwaʁ\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mécroire » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mécroire is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \me.kʁwaʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Refuser de croire.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mécroire in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mécroire, spelled M-É-C-R-O-I-R-E.
Definition
- 1Refuser de croire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mécroire appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il est dangereux de croire et de mécroire.
Un exemple vous a été donné par les deux armées qui se sont affrontées — une armée combattait dans la cause de DIEU, tandis que l’autre mécroyait.
This word in other languages
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.