mendier

Name: mendier, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\mɑ̃.dje\

/\mɑ̃.dje\/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“mendier” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,859. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,859
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Demander l’aumône.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mendier · mendier · French

mendier · rank #29,859 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

FREQ-MID #29,859
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH mettrons

Nearest frequency peer: mettrons (+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.

maure

70,145
mean

70,144
mendier

70,142
mettrons

70,141
meule

70,140
MK

70,139

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

mendier vs mener

71% similar

mendier vs métier

57% similar

mendier vs mentir

71% similar

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

Key facts for mendier
Property	Value
Headword	mendier
Language	French
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	\mɑ̃.dje\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#29,859
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	17
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mendier »

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

#29,859

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mettrons » (#29,860), « mean » (#29,857), « meule » (#29,861). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mendier » est au #29,859. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around mendier (IPA \mɑ̃.dje\), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,859 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mendier, with forms such as "emndier", "mednier", and "menddier". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "mener", "métier", "mentir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mendier, spelled M-E-N-D-I-E-R.

Definition

1
Demander l’aumône.
2
Solliciter à titre d’aumône.
3
Implorer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Pour sa part, la Ville de Trois-Rivières n'interdit pas de mendier dans sa réglementation, mais importuner des gens peut être passible d'une amende.
Il est défendu de mendier dans cette ville.

This word in other languages

beg(English)mendigar(Español)betteln(Deutsch)mendigar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

emndier
mednier
menddier
mendeir
mendierr
mendire
menider
menndier
mmendier
mnedier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mendier - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "mendier"

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 "mendier"?

"mendier" is spelled M-E-N-D-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.dje\.

What does "mendier" mean?

As a verb, "mendier" means: Demander l’aumône.

What words are commonly confused with "mendier"?

"mendier" is commonly confused with "mener", "métier", "mentir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "mendier"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mendier" is \mɑ̃.dje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mendier" come from?

"mendier" 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 "mendier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

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

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