mésinformation
French, noun/me.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
mésinformation is spelled M-É-S-I-N-F-O-R-M-A-T-I-O-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written French, the 308,115th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mésinformation is a French feminine noun meaning “misinformation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Information incomplète, erronée ou obsolète”.
What does mésinformation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemisinformation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Information incomplète, erronée ou obsolète. 2. Information générée par une machine ne répondant pas aux critères de qualité usuels et humains. 3. Désinformation relayée sans mauvaises intentions. 4. Transmission de désinformation sans savoir qu'il s'agit de désinformation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of mésinformation
- mésinformations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mésinformation?
- /me.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/
- \me.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mésinformation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mésinformation in French?
mésinformation appears about once in every 98 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).