menteuse

\mɑ̃.tøz\

/\mɑ̃.tøz\/ noun

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The verdict

“menteuse” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,282. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,282
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui ment, qui a l’habitude de mentir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-menteuse · menteuse · French

menteuse · rank #24,282 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,282
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH massa

Nearest frequency peer: massa (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « menteuse »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « menteuse » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

menteuse vs menteur
75% similar
menteuse vs meneuse
88% similar
menteuse vs menteurs
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for menteuse
PropertyValue
Headwordmenteuse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃.tøz\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,282
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « menteuse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.menteusese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « massa » (#24,281), « mercenaire » (#24,283), « marchons » (#24,280). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « menteuse » est au #24,282. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around menteuse (IPA \mɑ̃.tøz\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,282 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for menteuse, with forms such as "emnteuse", "menetuse", and "mennteuse". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "menteur", "meneuse", "menteurs", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is menteuse, spelled M-E-N-T-E-U-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui ment, qui a l’habitude de mentir.
  2. 2
    Langue (organe de la parole et donc du mensonge).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Pour ne pas te faire de peine, je ne suis pas une menteuse.
  2. Quelquefois de l’esprit de vaudeville : … la menteuse (la langue) ; et puis partout, à chaque instant, des mots bizarres, mystérieux, laids et sordides, venus on ne sait d’où ….

Synonyms

affabulatriceboulanosfabulatricemythomythomanemythowoman

Antonyms

vériteuse

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emnteuse
  • menetuse
  • mennteuse
  • mentesue
  • menteues
  • menteusse
  • mentteuse
  • mentuese
  • metneuse
  • mmenteuse
  • mneteuse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of menteuse - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emnteuse2menetuse2mennteuse1mentesue2menteues2menteusse1mentteuse1mentuese2
Edit distance from "menteuse"

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 "menteuse"?
"menteuse" is spelled M-E-N-T-E-U-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.tøz\.
What does "menteuse" mean?
As a noun, "menteuse" means: Personne qui ment, qui a l’habitude de mentir.
What words are commonly confused with "menteuse"?
"menteuse" is commonly confused with "menteur", "meneuse", "menteurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "menteuse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "menteuse" is \mɑ̃.tøz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "menteuse" come from?
"menteuse" 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 "menteuse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

marchons#24,280Meredith#24,284malherbe#24,278lauréate#24,268

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

kamikaze11 variantsnoisettes11 variantsnothing11 variantsopprimés11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list