méfions
\me.fjɔ̃\
The verdict
“méfions” is uncommon French (frequency #77,733 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,733
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de méfier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mefions · méfions · French
méfions · rank #77,733 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,733
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Médor
Nearest frequency peer: Médor (-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 « méfions »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mulâtres
mulâtres
22,271 corpus weight
- MZ
MZ
22,270 corpus weight
- Médor
Médor
22,269 corpus weight
- méfions
méfions
22,268 corpus weight
- métamorphis…
métamorphisme
22,267 corpus weight
- nachos
nachos
22,265 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « méfions » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | méfions |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \me.fjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « méfions » en français
Rare enough to double-check
méfions is uncommon French at frequency #77,733 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \me.fjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for méfions, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, 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, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is méfions, spelled M-É-F-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de méfier.
- 2Première personne du pluriel de l’impératif de méfier.
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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