menthe verte
\mɑ̃t vɛʁt\
The verdict
“menthe verte” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plante aromatique vivace de la famille des lamiacées originaire d’Asie occidentale tempérée et du sud-est de l’Europe (Mentha spicata) et dont les feuilles sont principalement consommées crues.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | menthe verte |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃t vɛʁt\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “menthe verte” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for menthe verte is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɑ̃t vɛʁt\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Plante aromatique vivace de la famille des lamiacées originaire d’Asie occidentale tempérée et du sud-est de l’Europe (Mentha spicata) et dont les feuilles sont principalement consommées crues.".
No misspelling variants are generated for menthe verte in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 menthe verte, spelled M-E-N-T-H-E- -V-E-R-T-E.
Definition
- 1Plante aromatique vivace de la famille des lamiacées originaire d’Asie occidentale tempérée et du sud-est de l’Europe (Mentha spicata) et dont les feuilles sont principalement consommées crues.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “menthe verte”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-N-T-H-E- -V-E-R-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɑ̃t vɛʁt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.