mentis
\mɑ̃.ti\
The verdict
“mentis” is uncommon French (frequency #57,416 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,416
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin pluriel de mentir.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mentis · mentis · French
mentis · rank #57,416 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,416
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mentorat
Nearest frequency peer: mentorat (+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 « mentis »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- maudis
maudis
42,588 corpus weight
- medica
medica
42,587 corpus weight
- mentis
mentis
42,585 corpus weight
- mentorat
mentorat
42,584 corpus weight
- mielleux
mielleux
42,583 corpus weight
- Milena
Milena
42,582 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mentis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mentis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.ti\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,416 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mentis » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mentis is uncommon French at frequency #57,416 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \mɑ̃.ti\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
mentis has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mentis, spelled M-E-N-T-I-S.
Definition
- 1Participe passé masculin pluriel de mentir.
- 2Première personne du singulier du passé simple de mentir.
- 3Deuxième personne du singulier du passé simple de mentir.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mentis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Je m’assis cependant : je mentis l’allégresse Pour ne pas nous trahir, dévorant ma tristesse, J’ai souri, quand pleurer m’aurait été si doux !
— Ça vous a intéressé ? s’enquit-elle, une fois dans la rue de la Perle. — Très, mentis-je.
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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