mentaient
\mɑ̃.tɛ\
The verdict
“mentaient” is uncommon French (frequency #92,989 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,989
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de mentir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mentaient · mentaient · French
mentaient · rank #92,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,989
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Memphrémagog
Nearest frequency peer: Memphrémagog (-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 « mentaient »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- matante
matante
7,018 corpus weight
- Mehmed
Mehmed
7,015 corpus weight
- Memphrémagog
Memphrémagog
7,013 corpus weight
- mentaient
mentaient
7,012 corpus weight
- Messines
Messines
7,010 corpus weight
- mesurettes
mesurettes
7,009 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mentaient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mentaient |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.tɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mentaient » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mentaient is uncommon French at frequency #92,989 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \mɑ̃.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de mentir.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mentaient in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mentaient, spelled M-E-N-T-A-I-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de mentir.
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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