mégalomane
\me.ɡa.lɔ.man\
The verdict
“mégalomane” is uncommon French (frequency #60,226 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,226
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est atteint de mégalomanie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-megalomane · mégalomane · French
mégalomane · rank #60,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,226
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH multisports
Nearest frequency peer: multisports (-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 « mégalomane »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- moucheron
moucheron
39,778 corpus weight
- multisports
multisports
39,776 corpus weight
- mégalomane
mégalomane
39,775 corpus weight
- méprisée
méprisée
39,774 corpus weight
- métabolites
métabolites
39,773 corpus weight
- nargue
nargue
39,772 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mégalomane » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mégalomane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \me.ɡa.lɔ.man\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #60,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mégalomane » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mégalomane is uncommon French at frequency #60,226 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \me.ɡa.lɔ.man\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est atteint de mégalomanie.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mégalomane, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mégalomane, spelled M-É-G-A-L-O-M-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est atteint de mégalomanie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mégalomane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Processus évidents sous les règnes de Louis XV et Louis XVI, dont les gouvernements ne poursuivaient pas la politique de contrôle social, d’imposition et de guerre totale de Louis XIV, notre Roi-Soleil mégalomane.
Piot est bien supérieur à Courtois. Non seulement il n'a pas commis toutes les boulettes dont Courtois à fait sa spécialité (contre Liverpool, Barcelone ou la Russie et j'en oublie) mais en plus Piot n'a jamais eu une grande gueule de mégalomane.
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); 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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