mediocre

\ˌmiː.di.ˈəʊ.kə\

/\ˌmiː.di.ˈəʊ.kə\/ adj

The verdict

“mediocre” is uncommon French (frequency #85,925 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#85,925
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Médiocre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mediocre · mediocre · French

mediocre · rank #85,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #85,925
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mecum

Nearest frequency peer: mecum (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « mediocre »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mediocre » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mediocre
PropertyValue
Headwordmediocre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˌmiː.di.ˈəʊ.kə\
Letters8
Frequency rank#85,925
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mediocre » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mediocretombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « mecum » (#85,924), « memorie » (#85,927), « mazza » (#85,921). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mediocre » est au #85,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mediocre is uncommon French at frequency #85,925 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˌmiː.di.ˈəʊ.kə\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

  1. 1
    Médiocre.

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 "mediocre"?
"mediocre" is spelled M-E-D-I-O-C-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˌmiː.di.ˈəʊ.kə\.
What does "mediocre" mean?
As an adjective, "mediocre" means: Médiocre.
How do you pronounce "mediocre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mediocre" is \ˌmiː.di.ˈəʊ.kə\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list