méningocoque
\me.nɛ̃.ɡo.kɔk\
The verdict
“méningocoque” is uncommon French (frequency #97,196 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,196
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bactérie pathogène pour l’homme, responsable de la méningite cérébrospinale.
Corpus desk
Index FR-meningocoque · méningocoque · French
méningocoque · rank #97,196 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,196
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mélanomes
Nearest frequency peer: mélanomes (-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 « méningocoque »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mystifier
mystifier
2,810 corpus weight
- médisances
médisances
2,809 corpus weight
- mégalopoles
mégalopoles
2,808 corpus weight
- mélanomes
mélanomes
2,806 corpus weight
- méningocoque
méningocoque
2,805 corpus weight
- Nakamoto
Nakamoto
2,802 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « méningocoque » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | méningocoque |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.nɛ̃.ɡo.kɔk\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #97,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « méningocoque » en français
Rare enough to double-check
méningocoque is uncommon French at frequency #97,196 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.nɛ̃.ɡo.kɔk\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bactérie pathogène pour l’homme, responsable de la méningite cérébrospinale.".
Zero misspellings are on record for méningocoque in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 méningocoque, spelled M-É-N-I-N-G-O-C-O-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Bactérie pathogène pour l’homme, responsable de la méningite cérébrospinale.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how méningocoque appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Un nouveau vaccin contre le méningocoque a été homologué.
Dans un texte appelant les députés à refuser l’extension de l’obligation, plusieurs médecins généralistes pointent le cas de l’hépatite B, qui ne concerne pas les enfants ; celui du méningocoque C, si rare qu’il ne constitue pas une préoccupation de santé publique ; enfin, celui du pneumocoque, pour lequel le vaccin a facilité l’émergence de souches plus…
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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