Meknès
\mɛk.nɛs\
The verdict
“Meknès” is uncommon French (frequency #53,484 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,484
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ville du Maroc, inscrite au Patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO.
Corpus desk
Index FR-meknes · Meknès · French
Meknès · rank #53,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,484
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Medhi
Nearest frequency peer: Medhi (-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 « Meknès »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mauritanien…
mauritanienne
46,520 corpus weight
- Medhi
Medhi
46,518 corpus weight
- Meknès
Meknès
46,517 corpus weight
- menue
menue
46,516 corpus weight
- Messin
Messin
46,515 corpus weight
- meutes
meutes
46,514 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Meknès » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meknès |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mɛk.nɛs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Meknès » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Meknès is uncommon French at frequency #53,484 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mɛk.nɛs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ville du Maroc, inscrite au Patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Meknès in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Meknès, spelled M-E-K-N-È-S.
Definition
- 1Ville du Maroc, inscrite au Patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Meknès appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
À l’époque où, en France, Louis XIV édifiait Versailles, le sultan alaouite Moulay Ismaïl associe Meknès à son destin. Dès son avènement en 1672, ce fougueux sultan entreprend d’en faire la plus fabuleuse des capitales impériales.
... je décidai de m'emparer d'un Morane-315 à l'aérodrome de Meknès, et d'aller me poser à Gibraltar.
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); 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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