menacer

/\mə.na.se\/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,357

in French word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

menacer is aFrenchverb. It means: Se proposer intempestivement de faire. Pronounced \mə.na.se\. Often confused with mener and ménage.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of menacer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for menacer is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mə.na.se\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,357 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 21 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for menacer, with forms such as "emnacer", "meancer", and "menaccer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is menacer, spelled M-E-N-A-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emnacer,meancer,menaccer,menacerr,menacre,menaecr,mencaer,mennacer,mmenacer,mneacer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for menacer

Misspelling Variants of "menacer"

emnacer7meancer7menaccer8menacerr8menacre7menaecr7mencaer7mennacer8
Misspelling Variants of "menacer"

Frequency rank: #10,357 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.