mégapixel
\me.ɡa.pik.sɛl\
The verdict
“mégapixel” 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) - Un million de pixels.
Corpus desk
Index FR-megapixel · mégapixel · French
mégapixel · 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 | mégapixel |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.ɡa.pik.sɛl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mégapixel » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mégapixel is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.ɡa.pik.sɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Un million de pixels.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mégapixel in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mégapixel, spelled M-É-G-A-P-I-X-E-L.
Definition
- 1Un million de pixels.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mégapixel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La notion de mégapixel était primordiale à l’époque où l’on ne trouvait rien au-dessus de 4 ou 5 mégapixels.
Fort, également, de ses trois capteurs photo (50 mpx, 8 mpx ultra grand-angle et 2 mégapixels macro), le smartphone de Motorola, qui ne pèse que 184 g, est, par ailleurs, lesté d’un processeur à huit cœurs (Snapdragon 680, aussi présent sur les Oppo A96 et Realme 9I).
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.