menthol
\mɑ̃.tɔl\
The verdict
“menthol” is uncommon French (frequency #65,311 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,311
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cyclohexanol monoterpénique tiré de la feuille de menthe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-menthol · menthol · French
menthol · rank #65,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,311
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH medio
Nearest frequency peer: medio (-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 « menthol »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- MDPH
MDPH
34,693 corpus weight
- medio
medio
34,691 corpus weight
- menthol
menthol
34,690 corpus weight
- mentirais
mentirais
34,689 corpus weight
- mentons
mentons
34,688 corpus weight
- Merckx
Merckx
34,687 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « menthol » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | menthol |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.tɔl\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « menthol » en français
Rare enough to double-check
menthol is uncommon French at frequency #65,311 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɑ̃.tɔl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cyclohexanol monoterpénique tiré de la feuille de menthe.".
menthol has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 menthol, spelled M-E-N-T-H-O-L.
Definition
- 1Cyclohexanol monoterpénique tiré de la feuille de menthe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how menthol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Recouvertes de poils sécréteurs d’huile essentielle, [les menthes] émettent une odeur très caractéristique de menthol lorsqu’elles sont froissées.
Les biochimistes ont établi que le tabac, l’alcool, l’ail, la carotte, l’ail des ours et d’autres ingrédients modifient l’odeur du lait, et ont identifié des composés responsables de ces odeurs, tels que la carvone (dans le fenugrec, le carvi), le menthol (dans la menthe), l’anéthol (dans l’anis, le fenouil…), l’eucalyptol (dans la menthe).
Synonyms
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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