mélanisme
\me.la.nism\
The verdict
“mélanisme” 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) - Anomalie caractérisée par une couleur accidentellement noire ou plus obscure du pelage des animaux.
Corpus desk
Index FR-melanisme · mélanisme · French
mélanisme · 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 | mélanisme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.la.nism\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mélanisme is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.la.nism\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anomalie caractérisée par une couleur accidentellement noire ou plus obscure du pelage des animaux.".
mélanisme has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mélanisme, spelled M-É-L-A-N-I-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Anomalie caractérisée par une couleur accidentellement noire ou plus obscure du pelage des animaux.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mélanisme appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le mélanisme est une mutation génétique comparable à l’albinisme, qui apporte un surplus de pigments et rend la peau ou la fourrure d’un animal noire.
Antonyms
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.