mérovingien

\me.ʁɔ.vɛ̃.ʒjɛ̃\

/\me.ʁɔ.vɛ̃.ʒjɛ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“mérovingien” is uncommon French (frequency #70,051 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,051
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Relatif à la dynastie fondée par Mérovée et à l'époque (du Vᵉ au VIIIᵉ siècles) pendant laquelle elle a régné.

Corpus desk

Index FR-merovingien · mérovingien · French

mérovingien · rank #70,051 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,051
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH méritera

Nearest frequency peer: méritera (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “mérovingien”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “mérovingien” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026
Key facts for mérovingien
PropertyValue
Headwordmérovingien
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\me.ʁɔ.vɛ̃.ʒjɛ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#70,051
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mérovingien” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mérovingien lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mérovingien is uncommon French at frequency #70,051 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \me.ʁɔ.vɛ̃.ʒjɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Relatif à la dynastie fondée par Mérovée et à l'époque (du Vᵉ au VIIIᵉ siècles) pendant laquelle elle a régné.".

No misspelling variants are generated for mérovingien in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mérovingien, spelled M-É-R-O-V-I-N-G-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relatif à la dynastie fondée par Mérovée et à l'époque (du Vᵉ au VIIIᵉ siècles) pendant laquelle elle a régné.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À mon tour, je lui confie mon chef, hardiment, farouchement, à la mérovingienne, comme le fils de Chilpéric au seuil du couvent et le froid de l’acier sur le pariétal me donne un frisson historique.
  2. En effet, si les armées des rois mérovingiens étaient d’ordinaire sans discipline, celle-là passait en turbulence farouche tout ce qu’on avait vu depuis l’époque des grandes invasions.

This word in other languages

Merovingian(English)

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mérovingien"?
"mérovingien" is spelled M-É-R-O-V-I-N-G-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ʁɔ.vɛ̃.ʒjɛ̃\.
What does "mérovingien" mean?
As an adjective, "mérovingien" means: Relatif à la dynastie fondée par Mérovée et à l'époque (du Vᵉ au VIIIᵉ siècles) pendant laquelle elle a régné.
How do you pronounce "mérovingien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mérovingien" is \me.ʁɔ.vɛ̃.ʒjɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mérovingien" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

normalisées#70,063moindrement#70,032menuiseries#70,017léthargique#69,995

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list