menacer

\mə.na.se\

/\mə.na.se\/ verb

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The verdict

“menacer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,357. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,357
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se proposer intempestivement de faire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-menacer · menacer · French

menacer · rank #10,357 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,357
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH masters

Nearest frequency peer: masters (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « menacer »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « menacer » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

menacer vs mener
71% similar
menacer vs ménage
57% similar
menacer vs Mercer
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for menacer
PropertyValue
Headwordmenacer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mə.na.se\
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,357
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « menacer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).menacerse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « masters » (#10,356), « menés » (#10,358), « marges » (#10,355). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « menacer » est au #10,357. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around menacer (IPA \mə.na.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,357 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 21 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for menacer, with forms such as "emnacer", "meancer", and "menaccer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "mener", "ménage", "Mercer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is menacer, spelled M-E-N-A-C-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se proposer intempestivement de faire.
  2. 2
    Risquer de se produire. → voir menacer ruine
  3. 3
    Éclater prochainement (pour un phénomène météorologique).
  4. 4
    Déclarer la guerre dans un bref délai.
  5. 5
    Mettre en garde.
  6. 6
    Tenir des propos menaçants.
  7. 7
    Faire pression pour obtenir quelque chose.
  8. 8
    Essayer d’impressionner.
  9. 9
    Risquer quelque chose.
  10. 10
    Être perçu comme menaçant, comme susceptible de faire ou vouloir du mal.
  11. 11
    Être sous le coup de quelque chose
  12. 12
    Risquer de détruire ou supprimer quelque chose.
  13. 13
    Mettre quelque chose en péril.
  14. 14
    Risquer quelque chose.
  15. 15
    Craindre de subir quelque chose.
  16. 16
    Ressentir un danger.
  17. 17
    Précise l’objet de la menace, le risque encouru. → voir menacer de mort
  18. 18
    Précise par quel moyen la menace sera exécutée.
  19. 19
    Précise le vecteur de la menace.
  20. 20
    Précise la condition d’exécution de la menace.
  21. 21
    Sembler pouvoir atteindre, en parlant des choses élevées. → voir menacer le ciel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une fois, il avait menacé d’intervenir pendant le service religieux.
  2. Délibérément le garçon envoie le ballon très haut, dans la direction de la femme qui continue de marcher, imperturbable tandis que le ballon redescend, menace de tomber sur elle ou son enfant.

This word in other languages

threaten(English)amenazar(Español)bevorstehen(Deutsch)ameaçar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emnacer
  • meancer
  • menaccer
  • menacerr
  • menacre
  • menaecr
  • mencaer
  • mennacer
  • mmenacer
  • mneacer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of menacer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emnacer2meancer2menaccer1menacerr1menacre2menaecr2mencaer2mennacer1
Edit distance from "menacer"

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 "menacer"?
"menacer" is spelled M-E-N-A-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mə.na.se\.
What does "menacer" mean?
As a verb, "menacer" means: Se proposer intempestivement de faire.
What words are commonly confused with "menacer"?
"menacer" is commonly confused with "mener", "ménage", "Mercer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "menacer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "menacer" is \mə.na.se\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "menacer" come from?
"menacer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

masters#10,356manuels#10,354normand#10,365Lincoln#10,348

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

peloton10 variantsgrèves10 variantsfemelles10 variantsrejetée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list