Menthon

\mɑ̃.tɔ̃\

/\mɑ̃.tɔ̃\/ name

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The verdict

“Menthon” is uncommon French (frequency #61,692 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,692
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière située dans le département de l'Ain, affluent droit de la Veyle, donc un sous-affluent de la Saône.

Corpus desk

Index FR-menthon · Menthon · French

Menthon · rank #61,692 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,692
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH meditation

Nearest frequency peer: meditation (-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 « Menthon »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Menthon » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Menthon
PropertyValue
HeadwordMenthon
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mɑ̃.tɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#61,692
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Menthon » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Menthontombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « meditation » (#61,691), « Merad » (#61,693), « mercado » (#61,694). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Menthon » est au #61,692. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Menthon is uncommon French at frequency #61,692 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mɑ̃.tɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Menthon in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Menthon, spelled M-E-N-T-H-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rivière située dans le département de l'Ain, affluent droit de la Veyle, donc un sous-affluent de la Saône.
  2. 2
    Ancien nom, et nom court, de Menthon-Saint-Bernard.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Saint-Genis-sur-Menthon., Saint-Cyr-sur-Menthon.
  2. Rappelé à Menthon, il apprit que sa famille lui destinait pour femme Marguerite de Miolans, que la chronique pare de toutes les séductions de la vertu et de la beauté.

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 "Menthon"?
"Menthon" is spelled M-E-N-T-H-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.tɔ̃\.
What does "Menthon" mean?
As a proper noun, "Menthon" means: Rivière située dans le département de l'Ain, affluent droit de la Veyle, donc un sous-affluent de la Saône.
How do you pronounce "Menthon"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Menthon" is \mɑ̃.tɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Menthon" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Menthon", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mercado#61,694Miramar#61,700mariale#61,675magazin#61,672

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list