mégot
\me.ɡo\
The verdict
“mégot” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,389. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,389
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bout qui reste d’un cigare ou d’une cigarette quand on a fini de les fumer.
Corpus desk
Index FR-megot · mégot · French
mégot · rank #40,389 · 8 variants · 15 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,389
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH méfiants
Nearest frequency peer: méfiants (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mégot »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- mutiler
mutiler
59,616 corpus weight
- mystery
mystery
59,615 corpus weight
- méconnues
méconnues
59,614 corpus weight
- méfiants
méfiants
59,613 corpus weight
- mégot
mégot
59,612 corpus weight
- narratrice
narratrice
59,609 corpus weight
What this shows « mégot » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mégot |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #40,389 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mégot »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around mégot (IPA \me.ɡo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #40,389 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for mégot, with forms such as "megot", "mgéot", and "mmégot". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "mot", "met", "melo", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mégot, spelled M-É-G-O-T.
Definition
- 1Bout qui reste d’un cigare ou d’une cigarette quand on a fini de les fumer.
- 2Cigarette ou cigare presque entièrement consumés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mégot appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une antique Remington occupait l’extrémité d’une table, voisinant avec un registre ouvert et tout ce qu’il fallait pour écrire, plus un cendrier débordant de mégots, une petite lampe à abat-jour vert, un téléphone, un trébuchet sensible comme une midinette, une loupe d’horloger, une pierre de touche, etc.
Il marcherait derrière elle et, comme un clochard suit avec entêtement un fumeur de cigare pour ramasser le mégot, il suivrait la robe rouge pour en respirer, amer ou non, le parfum.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- megot
- mgéot
- mmégot
- méggot
- mégott
- mégto
- méogt
- émgot
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mégot - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mégot", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).