médisant
\me.di.zɑ̃\
The verdict
“médisant” is uncommon French (frequency #82,259 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,259
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui médit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-medisant · médisant · French
médisant · rank #82,259 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,259
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH médicalisation
Nearest frequency peer: médicalisation (-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 « médisant »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- myéline
myéline
17,745 corpus weight
- mécontenter
mécontenter
17,744 corpus weight
- médicalisat…
médicalisation
17,743 corpus weight
- médisant
médisant
17,742 corpus weight
- métabolite
métabolite
17,740 corpus weight
- méthylène
méthylène
17,739 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « médisant » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | médisant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \me.di.zɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,259 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « médisant » en français
Rare enough to double-check
médisant is uncommon French at frequency #82,259 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \me.di.zɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui médit.".
médisant has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is médisant, spelled M-É-D-I-S-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui médit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how médisant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On est d’ordinaire plus médisant par vanité que par malice.
La chanteuse regrettait Paris, sa petite cour d’amies potinières et d’anciens admirateurs, vieux rats de coulisses aussi médisants que les femmes de leur âge.
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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