menin
\mə.nɛ̃\
The verdict
“menin” is uncommon French (frequency #68,460 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,460
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Page ou demoiselle de compagnie attaché au service de la famille royale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-menin · menin · French
menin · rank #68,460 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,460
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mentaliste
Nearest frequency peer: mentaliste (+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 « menin »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Mayfield
Mayfield
31,545 corpus weight
- McAvoy
McAvoy
31,544 corpus weight
- menin
menin
31,541 corpus weight
- mentaliste
mentaliste
31,540 corpus weight
- merlus
merlus
31,539 corpus weight
- Meter
Meter
31,538 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « menin » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | menin |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mə.nɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,460 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « menin » en français
Rare enough to double-check
menin is uncommon French at frequency #68,460 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mə.nɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Page ou demoiselle de compagnie attaché au service de la famille royale.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for menin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is menin, spelled M-E-N-I-N.
Definition
- 1Page ou demoiselle de compagnie attaché au service de la famille royale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how menin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
la célèbre duchesse de Maufrigneuse dont le mari, menin du Dauphin et colonel d'un des régiments de cavalerie de la Garde royale, était autant en faveur auprès du Roi qu'elle l'était auprès de Madame.
Les menines de la reine d'Espagne.
This word in other languages
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.
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