mégagramme

\me.ɡa.ɡʁam\

/\me.ɡa.ɡʁam\/ noun

The verdict

“mégagramme” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10⁶ grammes ou 10³ kilogrammes ou 1 tonne, et dont le symbole est Mg.

Corpus desk

Index FR-megagramme · mégagramme · French

mégagramme · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 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.

Key facts for mégagramme
PropertyValue
Headwordmégagramme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.ɡa.ɡʁam\
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mégagramme » en français

mégagrammereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mégagramme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.ɡa.ɡʁam\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10⁶ grammes ou 10³ kilogrammes ou 1 tonne, et dont le symbole est Mg.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mégagramme, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mégagramme, spelled M-É-G-A-G-R-A-M-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10⁶ grammes ou 10³ kilogrammes ou 1 tonne, et dont le symbole est Mg.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mégagramme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Dans toutes les statistiques et mercuriales, les prix du fer, du cuivre, etc., sont rapportés à la tonne anglo-internationale dont je parlerai plus loin et qui diffère à peine du mégagramme.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mégagramme"?
"mégagramme" is spelled M-É-G-A-G-R-A-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ɡa.ɡʁam\.
What does "mégagramme" mean?
As a noun, "mégagramme" means: Unité de mesure de masse du Système international (SI), valant 10⁶ grammes ou 10³ kilogrammes ou 1 tonne, et dont le symbole est Mg.
How do you pronounce "mégagramme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mégagramme" is \me.ɡa.ɡʁam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mégagramme" come from?
"mégagramme" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list