mentionnaient

\mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛ\

/\mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“mentionnaient” is uncommon French (frequency #86,920 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,920
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de mentionner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mentionnaient · mentionnaient · French

mentionnaient · rank #86,920 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,920
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mentira

Nearest frequency peer: mentira (+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 « mentionnaient »

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 « mentionnaient » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mentionnaient
PropertyValue
Headwordmentionnaient
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛ\
Letters13
Frequency rank#86,920
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mentionnaient » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « mentira » (#86,921), « mici » (#86,922), « meets » (#86,917). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mentionnaient » est au #86,920. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mentionnaient is uncommon French at frequency #86,920 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de mentionner.".

No misspelling variants are generated for mentionnaient in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mentionnaient, spelled M-E-N-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de mentionner.

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 "mentionnaient"?
"mentionnaient" is spelled M-E-N-T-I-O-N-N-A-I-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛ\.
What does "mentionnaient" mean?
As a verb, "mentionnaient" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de mentionner.
How do you pronounce "mentionnaient"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mentionnaient" is \mɑ̃.sjɔ.nɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mentionnaient" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list