menuaille

noun

The verdict

“menuaille” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quantité de petites monnaies.

Corpus desk

Index FR-menuaille · menuaille · French

menuaille · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for menuaille
PropertyValue
Headwordmenuaille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « menuaille » en français

menuaillereste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

menuaille is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for menuaille in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is menuaille, spelled M-E-N-U-A-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quantité de petites monnaies.
  2. 2
    Quantité de petits poissons.
  3. 3
    Toute sorte de petites choses qu’on met au rebut.
  4. 4
    Menu fretin.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il a payé en menuaille.
  2. On a mis dans cette matelote beaucoup de menuaille.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "menuaille"?
"menuaille" is spelled M-E-N-U-A-I-L-L-E.
What does "menuaille" mean?
As a noun, "menuaille" means: Quantité de petites monnaies.
What language does "menuaille" come from?
"menuaille" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list