medes
\ˈmeː.dɛs\
The verdict
“medes” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe mediñ.
Corpus desk
Index FR-medes · medes · French
medes · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | medes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈmeː.dɛs\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
medes is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈmeː.dɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe mediñ.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for medes in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is medes, spelled M-E-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif du verbe mediñ.
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.