Menou
\mə.nu\
The verdict
“Menou” is uncommon French (frequency #70,831 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,831
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Nièvre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-menou · Menou · French
Menou · rank #70,831 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,831
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH meneaux
Nearest frequency peer: meneaux (-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 « Menou »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mecha
mecha
29,173 corpus weight
- meneaux
meneaux
29,171 corpus weight
- Menou
Menou
29,170 corpus weight
- Mercœur
Mercœur
29,169 corpus weight
- merdias
merdias
29,168 corpus weight
- meublées
meublées
29,165 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Menou » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Menou |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mə.nu\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,831 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Menou » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Menou is uncommon French at frequency #70,831 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mə.nu\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Menou in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Menou, spelled M-E-N-O-U.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de la Nièvre.
- 2Sainte-Menehould.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Menou appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la forme des fenêtres de la partie orientale, comme dans la structure des voûtes et le décor des chapiteaux, l'église de Menou reflète les caractères du style gothique à ses débuts en Nivernais : c'est une des premières expériences du nouveau système de couverture.
Y aura-t-il à moyen terme une usine de déconstruction d'automobiles hors d'usage à Sainte-Ménehould ?
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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