mediocre
\ˌmiː.di.ˈəʊ.kə\
The verdict
“mediocre” is an uncommon French word, ranked #85,925 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #85,925
- frequency rank, French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Médiocre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mediocre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌmiː.di.ˈəʊ.kə\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,925 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mediocre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for mediocre is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˌmiː.di.ˈəʊ.kə\. Corpus data places it at rank #85,925 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Médiocre.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mediocre, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mediocre, spelled M-E-D-I-O-C-R-E.
Definition
- 1Médiocre.
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.
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Using “mediocre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-D-I-O-C-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˌmiː.di.ˈəʊ.kə\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.