Mensch
\mɛnʃ\
The verdict
“Mensch” is uncommon French (frequency #85,930 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,930
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être humain, humain, homme (en tant que taxon).
Corpus desk
Index FR-mensch · Mensch · French
Mensch · rank #85,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,930
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH menottée
Nearest frequency peer: menottée (-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 « Mensch »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- memorie
memorie
14,074 corpus weight
- menottée
menottée
14,072 corpus weight
- Mensch
Mensch
14,071 corpus weight
- mesquineries
mesquineries
14,069 corpus weight
- messianiques
messianiques
14,068 corpus weight
- meurtries
meurtries
14,067 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mensch » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mensch |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɛnʃ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #85,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mensch » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mensch is uncommon French at frequency #85,930 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɛnʃ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Mensch in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Mensch, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H.
Definition
- 1Être humain, humain, homme (en tant que taxon).
- 2Genre homo.
- 3Espèce homo sapiens.
- 4Être humain, humain, personne (un individu du taxon).
- 5Être humain, impliquant une espèce avec des considération morales.
- 6Être humain, impliquant une espèce avec les restrictions humaines.
- 7Être humain, impliquant une espèce ayant le droit à la dignité.
- 8Être humain, soulignant la normalité, ignorant la fonction sociale.
- 9Manière de s’adresser à une personne, impliquant un reproche.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mensch appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Mehrheit aller Affen glaubt nach wie vor nicht, dass der Mensch von ihnen abstammt. Das ergab eine repräsentative Umfrage unter 400 in Gefangenschaft lebenden Affen.
Gegenwärtig gehören alle Menschen der Gattung "homo" an.
Synonyms
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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