mélancholia
\me.lɑ̃.kɔ.lja\
The verdict
“mélancholia” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de mélancholier.
Corpus desk
Index FR-melancholia · mélancholia · French
mélancholia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | mélancholia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \me.lɑ̃.kɔ.lja\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mélancholia » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mélancholia is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \me.lɑ̃.kɔ.lja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de mélancholier.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mélancholia in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mélancholia, spelled M-É-L-A-N-C-H-O-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de mélancholier.
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.