Mégane

/\me.ɡan\/ name

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#38,436

in French word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Mégane is aFrenchname. It means: Prénom féminin. Pronounced \me.ɡan\. Often confused with mené and menace.

Key facts for Mégane
PropertyValue
HeadwordMégane
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\me.ɡan\
Letters6
Frequency rank#38,436
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Mégane in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Mégane is 6 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \me.ɡan\. Corpus data places it at rank #38,436 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Prénom féminin.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mégane, with forms such as "megane", "mgéane", and "mmégane". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mené", "menace", "ménage", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Mégane, spelled M-É-G-A-N-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom féminin.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: megane,mgéane,mmégane,méagne,mégaen,méganne,méggane,mégnae,émgane

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mégane

Misspelling Variants of "Mégane"

megane6mgéane6mmégane7méagne6mégaen6méganne7méggane7mégnae6
Misspelling Variants of "Mégane"

Frequency rank: #38,436 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mégane"?
"Mégane" is spelled M-É-G-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ɡan\.
What does "Mégane" mean?
As a name, "Mégane" means: Prénom féminin.
What words are commonly confused with "Mégane"?
"Mégane" is commonly confused with "mené", "menace", "ménage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mégane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mégane" is \me.ɡan\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mégane" come from?
"Mégane" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.