méningites
\me.nɛ̃.ʒit\
The verdict
“méningites” is uncommon French (frequency #91,968 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,968
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de méningite.
Corpus desk
Index FR-meningites · méningites · French
méningites · rank #91,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,968
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mélodrames
Nearest frequency peer: mélodrames (-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 « méningites »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mythomanie
mythomanie
8,036 corpus weight
- Málaga
Málaga
8,035 corpus weight
- mélodrames
mélodrames
8,034 corpus weight
- méningites
méningites
8,033 corpus weight
- naa
naa
8,032 corpus weight
- nacrée
nacrée
8,031 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « méningites » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | méningites |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.nɛ̃.ʒit\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « méningites » en français
Rare enough to double-check
méningites is uncommon French at frequency #91,968 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.nɛ̃.ʒit\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de méningite.".
méningites has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is méningites, spelled M-É-N-I-N-G-I-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de méningite.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how méningites appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les méningites sont des infections des membranes (méninges) qui enveloppent l’encéphale et la moelle épinière.
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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