mémoriel

\me.mɔ.ʁjɛl\

/\me.mɔ.ʁjɛl\/ adj

The verdict

“mémoriel” is uncommon French (frequency #71,730 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,730
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relatif à la mémoire collective d’une nation.

Corpus desk

Index FR-memoriel · mémoriel · French

mémoriel · rank #71,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,730
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mélodieuse

Nearest frequency peer: mélodieuse (-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 « mémoriel »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mémoriel » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mémoriel
PropertyValue
Headwordmémoriel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\me.mɔ.ʁjɛl\
Letters8
Frequency rank#71,730
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mémoriel » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mémorieltombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « mélodieuse » (#71,729), « mêlaient » (#71,731), « mélisse » (#71,728). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mémoriel » est au #71,730. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mémoriel is uncommon French at frequency #71,730 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \me.mɔ.ʁjɛl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à la mémoire collective d’une nation.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mémoriel, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mémoriel, spelled M-É-M-O-R-I-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la mémoire collective d’une nation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mémoriel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La réhabilitation mémorielle concerne en premier lieu les victimes d'une politique coloniale de peuplement, par laquelle des condamnés de droit commun ont été transportés en Nouvelle-Calédonie pour des faits parfois mineurs.
  2. Je n’ai pas été invité au dévoilement de la plaque mémorielle au 11 bis de la rue Schœlcher.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mémoriel"?
"mémoriel" is spelled M-É-M-O-R-I-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \me.mɔ.ʁjɛl\.
What does "mémoriel" mean?
As an adjective, "mémoriel" means: Relatif à la mémoire collective d’une nation.
How do you pronounce "mémoriel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mémoriel" is \me.mɔ.ʁjɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mémoriel", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list