mex
\mɛx\
The verdict
“mex” is uncommon French (frequency #52,828 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a particle. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,828
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - N’est-ce pas ?
Corpus desk
Index FR-mex · mex · French
mex · rank #52,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,828
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mignard
Nearest frequency peer: mignard (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « mex »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Mercantour
Mercantour
47,177 corpus weight
- messianique
messianique
47,176 corpus weight
- mex
mex
47,173 corpus weight
- mignard
mignard
47,172 corpus weight
- mignot
mignot
47,171 corpus weight
- minent
minent
47,170 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mex » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mex |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Particle |
| IPA | \mɛx\ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #52,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mex » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mex is uncommon French at frequency #52,828 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aparticle, transcribed \mɛx\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "N’est-ce pas ?".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mex, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mex, spelled M-E-X.
Definition
- 1N’est-ce pas ?
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mex appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Batse tel logijaf okol ke barn, mex, Astrée ?
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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