messéance
\me.se.ɑ̃s\
The verdict
“messéance” 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) - Manque de bienséance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-messeance · messéance · French
messéance · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | messéance |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.se.ɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « messéance » en français
Rare enough to double-check
messéance is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.se.ɑ̃s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Manque de bienséance.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for messéance, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 messéance, spelled M-E-S-S-É-A-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Manque de bienséance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how messéance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il pense à la messéance qu’il y aurait à dire de telles choses dans une église : « À Dieu ne plaise que j’oublie jusques à ce point la gravité de cette chaire… »
Faut-il mettre cette messéance sur le ressentiment de Bobé à l’égard de Delisle, qui avait esquivé le service que l’abbé était en droit d’attendre de lui, après tant de bons offices ?
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.