melongène
\mə.lɔ̃.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“melongène” 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) - Autre nom de l’aubergine.
Corpus desk
Index FR-melongene · melongène · French
melongène · 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 | melongène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mə.lɔ̃.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
melongène is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \mə.lɔ̃.ʒɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autre nom de l’aubergine.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for melongène, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 melongène, spelled M-E-L-O-N-G-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Autre nom de l’aubergine.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how melongène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au pied de l’autel, un plateau de riz gluant et un poulet dont le couvercle en forme de melongène se trouve au premier plan à droite.
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.