ménopause

\me.no.poz\

/\me.no.poz\/ noun

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The verdict

“ménopause” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #33,362. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,362
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cessation définitive de la fonction menstruelle, due à l'âge.

Corpus desk

Index FR-menopause · ménopause · French

ménopause · rank #33,362 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,362
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH méritant

Nearest frequency peer: méritant (+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 « ménopause »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « ménopause » 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
Key facts for ménopause
PropertyValue
Headwordménopause
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.no.poz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#33,362
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ménopause »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ménopausese 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 « méritant » (#33,363), « Médard » (#33,360), « métropolitains » (#33,364). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « ménopause » est au #33,362. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around ménopause (IPA \me.no.poz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,362 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cessation définitive de la fonction menstruelle, due à l'âge.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ménopause, with forms such as "menopause", "mménopause", and "mnéopause". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is ménopause, spelled M-É-N-O-P-A-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cessation définitive de la fonction menstruelle, due à l'âge.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les cycles anovulatoires sont fréquents pendant les 12-18 mois qui suivent la ménarche et de nouveau durant la période qui précède la ménopause.
  2. L’ostéoporose se diagnostique en premier lieu par l’examen d’ostéodensitométrie (ou « densitométrie osseuse » au cours d’un interrogatoire détaillé chez le généraliste ou le gynécologue au moment de la ménopause.

Antonyms

ménarche

This word in other languages

menopause(English)Menopause(Deutsch)menopausa(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • menopause
  • mménopause
  • mnéopause
  • ménnopause
  • ménoapuse
  • ménopasue
  • ménopaues
  • ménopausse
  • ménoppause
  • ménopuase
  • ménpoause
  • méonpause
  • émnopause

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ménopause - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

menopause1mménopause1mnéopause2ménnopause1ménoapuse2ménopasue2ménopaues2ménopausse1
Edit distance from "ménopause"

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 "ménopause"?
"ménopause" is spelled M-É-N-O-P-A-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.no.poz\.
What does "ménopause" mean?
As a noun, "ménopause" means: Cessation définitive de la fonction menstruelle, due à l'âge.
What are common misspellings of "ménopause"?
Common misspellings include "menopause", "mménopause", "mnéopause", "ménnopause", "ménoapuse". The correct spelling is "ménopause".
How do you pronounce "ménopause"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ménopause" is \me.no.poz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ménopause" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

normandes#33,373novateurs#33,374néophytes#33,375offrirait#33,379

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

méritant13 variantsoccasionnelle13 variantsperroquets13 variantsPokémons13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list