menstruation
\mɑ̃s.tʁy.a.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“menstruation” is uncommon French (frequency #82,226 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,226
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ensemble des phénomènes qui, à des intervalles quasi mensuels, se manifestent au cours du cycle menstruel.
Corpus desk
Index FR-menstruation · menstruation · French
menstruation · rank #82,226 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,226
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Meung
Nearest frequency peer: Meung (+2 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 « menstruation »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mayhem
mayhem
17,780 corpus weight
- measure
measure
17,778 corpus weight
- menstruation
menstruation
17,775 corpus weight
- Meung
Meung
17,773 corpus weight
- micmac
micmac
17,772 corpus weight
- mikasa
mikasa
17,770 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « menstruation » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | menstruation |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃s.tʁy.a.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #82,226 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « menstruation » en français
Rare enough to double-check
menstruation is uncommon French at frequency #82,226 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃s.tʁy.a.sjɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ensemble des phénomènes qui, à des intervalles quasi mensuels, se manifestent au cours du cycle menstruel.".
menstruation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is menstruation, spelled M-E-N-S-T-R-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ensemble des phénomènes qui, à des intervalles quasi mensuels, se manifestent au cours du cycle menstruel.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how menstruation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La menstruation marque le début de la période pendant laquelle une femme est apte à procréer.
C’est la bourgeoisie qui a fait de l’argent une chose sacrée qui exige le mystère, analogue aux menstruations auxquelles on pense tout le temps et dont on ne parle jamais.
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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