mégaoctet
\me.ɡa.ɔk.tɛ\
The verdict
“mégaoctet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de quantité d’information numérique, valant 1,048,576 (2²⁰) octets, et dont le symbole est Mo. Note d’usage : Cet usage de méga- est critiqué par le SI mais encore très fréquent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-megaoctet · mégaoctet · French
mégaoctet · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mégaoctet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.ɡa.ɔk.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mégaoctet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.ɡa.ɔk.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for mégaoctet in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mégaoctet, spelled M-É-G-A-O-C-T-E-T.
Definition
- 1Unité de mesure de quantité d’information numérique, valant 1,048,576 (2²⁰) octets, et dont le symbole est Mo. Note d’usage : Cet usage de méga- est critiqué par le SI mais encore très fréquent.
- 2Unité de mesure de quantité d’information numérique, valant 1,000,000 (10⁶) octets, et dont le symbole est Mo.
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