ménage

\me.naʒ\

/\me.naʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“ménage” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,153. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,153
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gouvernement domestique et tout ce qui concerne la dépense et l’entretien d’une famille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-menage · ménage · French

ménage · rank #3,153 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,153
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH odeur

Nearest frequency peer: odeur (+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 « ménage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ménage » 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).

ménage vs mené
33% similar
ménage vs meng
50% similar
ménage vs menée
50% similar

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

Key facts for ménage
PropertyValue
Headwordménage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.naʒ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,153
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ménage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).ménagese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « odeur » (#3,154), « missions » (#3,151), « participe » (#3,155). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « ménage » est au #3,153. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around ménage (IPA \me.naʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,153 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for ménage, with forms such as "menage", "mménage", and "mnéage". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mené", "meng", "menée", 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ménage, spelled M-É-N-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gouvernement domestique et tout ce qui concerne la dépense et l’entretien d’une famille.
  2. 2
    Ensemble des personnes qui habitent sous un même toit et partagent les mêmes ressources.
  3. 3
    Se dit aussi des meubles et ustensiles nécessaires à un ménage.
  4. 4
    Soin qu’on donne à l’arrangement et à la propreté des meubles d’un appartement.
  5. 5
    Union formée par un couple, mariage ou vie commune.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ne regardez pas la maison aujourd'hui : je n'ai plus le courage de nettoyer, ni de surveiller le boy. Mais je vous jure que je sais tenir un ménage...
  2. Il a un lourd ménage sur les bras.

This word in other languages

housekeeping(English)Haushalt(Deutsch)lar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • menage
  • mménage
  • mnéage
  • méange
  • ménaeg
  • ménagge
  • méngae
  • ménnage
  • émnage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ménage - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

menage1mménage1mnéage2méange2ménaeg2ménagge1méngae2ménnage1
Edit distance from "ménage"

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 "ménage"?
"ménage" is spelled M-É-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.naʒ\.
What does "ménage" mean?
As a noun, "ménage" means: Gouvernement domestique et tout ce qui concerne la dépense et l’entretien d’une famille.
What words are commonly confused with "ménage"?
"ménage" is commonly confused with "mené", "meng", "menée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ménage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ménage" is \me.naʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ménage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

plante#3,158poésie#3,160graves#3,139révèle#3,167

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fidèle9 variantsbureaux9 variantsadopté9 variantsventre9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list