mésinformer
\me.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\
The verdict
“mésinformer” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Informer mal, en donnant des informations fausses.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mesinformer · mésinformer · French
mésinformer · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mésinformer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \me.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mésinformer is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \me.zɛ̃.fɔʁ.me\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Informer mal, en donnant des informations fausses.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mésinformer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mésinformer, spelled M-É-S-I-N-F-O-R-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1Informer mal, en donnant des informations fausses.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mésinformer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Et deux communiqués officiels se chargeront de désinformer et mésinformer le public, auquel on cache tout autant les manœuvres criminelles des magistrats de 1932-1933 que le fiasco du procureur de 1984.
Après s’être interrogé sur les dimensions sociales et culturelles du comportement expressif, Goffman en vient à se dire que cette « expression » de soi, qui devient une « impression » pour l’autre, il est possible de la manipuler tactiquement, afin de « mésinformer » son interlocuteur, qui peut lui-même agir de façon identique tout en interprétant les mes…
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