mense

\mɑ̃s\

/\mɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“mense” is uncommon French (frequency #89,919 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,919
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Table.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mense · mense · French

mense · rank #89,919 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,919
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Melfi

Nearest frequency peer: Melfi (-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 « mense »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mense » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mense
PropertyValue
Headwordmense
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃s\
Letters5
Frequency rank#89,919
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mense » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mensetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Melfi » (#89,918), « mentionnerai » (#89,920), « mef » (#89,917). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mense » est au #89,919. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mense is uncommon French at frequency #89,919 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mense, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mense, spelled M-E-N-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Table.
  2. 2
    Revenu d’une abbaye, d’un évêché, etc. affecté à l’entretien de la table d’une communauté religieuse, de l’abbé, de l’évêque.
  3. 3
    Revenu ecclésiastique, sans affectation spécifique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au moment où les convives alloient s’approcher de la mense hospitalière.
  2. Des capitaines au long cours et des armateurs faisaient quelquefois figure à la mense des patrons.

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 "mense"?
"mense" is spelled M-E-N-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃s\.
What does "mense" mean?
As a noun, "mense" means: Table.
How do you pronounce "mense"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mense" is \mɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mense" come from?
"mense" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Melfi#89,918matam#89,905mixée#89,934Moto3#89,945

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list