mention

\mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\

/\mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“mention” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,724. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,724
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de mentionner, résultat de cette action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mention · mention · French

mention · rank #2,724 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,724
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mettant

Nearest frequency peer: mettant (+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 « mention »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mention » 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).

mention vs mentir
71% similar
mention vs motion
71% similar
mention vs menton
86% similar

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

Key facts for mention
PropertyValue
Headwordmention
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,724
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mention »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mentionse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mettant » (#2,725), « Loire » (#2,722), « intelligence » (#2,721). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mention » est au #2,724. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around mention (IPA \mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,724 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mention, with forms such as "emntion", "meniton", and "menntion". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "mentir", "motion", "menton", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 mention, spelled M-E-N-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de mentionner, résultat de cette action.
  2. 2
    Distinction décernée dans un concours ou dans un examen.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un faire-part imprimé, collé sur une vitre annonçait la mort d'un client. Aucun nom sous le sien. Nulle mention d'ami ni de famille.
  2. Surtout, ils se sont tous rencontrés dans le cadre du scoutisme traditionnel catholique, instance de socialisation dont la mention revient dans l’ensemble de leurs discours.

This word in other languages

mention(English)mención(Español)menção(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emntion
  • meniton
  • menntion
  • mentino
  • mentionn
  • mentoin
  • menttion
  • metnion
  • mmention
  • mnetion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mention - 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.

emntion2meniton2menntion1mentino2mentionn1mentoin2menttion1metnion2
Edit distance from "mention"

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 "mention"?
"mention" is spelled M-E-N-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
What does "mention" mean?
As a noun, "mention" means: Action de mentionner, résultat de cette action.
What words are commonly confused with "mention"?
"mention" is commonly confused with "mentir", "motion", "menton". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mention"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mention" is \mɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mention" come from?
"mention" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

mettant#2,725portent#2,731experts#2,715ennemis#2,714

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

débats10 variantscircuit10 variantsétudier10 variantsprénom10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list