memento
\me.mɛ̃.to\
The verdict
“memento” is uncommon French (frequency #54,727 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,727
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante orthographique de mémento
Corpus desk
Index FR-memento · memento · French
memento · rank #54,727 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,727
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Menahem
Nearest frequency peer: Menahem (+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 « memento »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- maîtrisées
maîtrisées
45,277 corpus weight
- McDowell
McDowell
45,276 corpus weight
- memento
memento
45,274 corpus weight
- Menahem
Menahem
45,273 corpus weight
- mew
mew
45,272 corpus weight
- Midas
Midas
45,271 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « memento » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | memento |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.mɛ̃.to\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,727 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « memento » en français
Rare enough to double-check
memento is uncommon French at frequency #54,727 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.mɛ̃.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante orthographique de mémento".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for memento, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 memento, spelled M-E-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Variante orthographique de mémento
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how memento appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle s’adresse également aux étudiants des classes préparatoires, de l’université, des « grandes écoles » ; ils y trouveront un memento des pensées qui ont forgé notre culture.
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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