mégatonnes
\me.ɡa.tɔn\
The verdict
“mégatonnes” is uncommon French (frequency #96,158 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,158
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de mégatonne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-megatonnes · mégatonnes · French
mégatonnes · rank #96,158 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,158
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH méditent
Nearest frequency peer: méditent (-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 « mégatonnes »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- munissez
munissez
3,848 corpus weight
- Mysore
Mysore
3,845 corpus weight
- méditent
méditent
3,844 corpus weight
- mégatonnes
mégatonnes
3,843 corpus weight
- météorologi…
météorologiste
3,840 corpus weight
- nair
nair
3,839 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mégatonnes » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mégatonnes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.ɡa.tɔn\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #96,158 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mégatonnes » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mégatonnes is uncommon French at frequency #96,158 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.ɡa.tɔn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de mégatonne.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for mégatonnes in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 mégatonnes, spelled M-É-G-A-T-O-N-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de mégatonne.
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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