mentor
\mɑ̃.tɔʁ\
The verdict
“mentor” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,426. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #13,426
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui sert de guide ou de conseiller à quelqu’un.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mentor · mentor · French
mentor · rank #13,426 · 9 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,426
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mel
Nearest frequency peer: mel (-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 « mentor »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- lèvre
lèvre
86,578 corpus weight
- mangez
mangez
86,577 corpus weight
- mel
mel
86,576 corpus weight
- mentor
mentor
86,575 corpus weight
- mineures
mineures
86,574 corpus weight
- ministériel
ministériel
86,573 corpus weight
What this shows « mentor » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mentor |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɑ̃.tɔʁ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #13,426 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mentor »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around mentor (IPA \mɑ̃.tɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,426 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mentor, with forms such as "emntor", "menntor", and "menotr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "motor", "minor", "monter", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mentor, spelled M-E-N-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Celui qui sert de guide ou de conseiller à quelqu’un.
- 2Cadre chargé d’améliorer les compétences et la réussite professionnelle d’un individu ou d’une équipe.
- 3Personne chargée de conseiller sur le plan artistique et commercial un artiste ou un groupe pour lui permettre d’atteindre une plus grande notoriété.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mentor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certainement, Jeanne, sous l’aile d’un tel mentor, ne sera plus en butte aux séductions des jeunes gens de votre village.
Élève de mathématiques spéciales, il devenait ainsi, aux heures d’études, le mentor de ses camarades de classe. On lui obéissait sans effort ; son caractère simple et sérieux, le sentiment qu’il avait de la dignité individuelle lui rendaient facile l’autorité.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emntor
- menntor
- menotr
- mentorr
- mentro
- menttor
- metnor
- mmentor
- mnetor
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mentor - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).