mexicains

/\mɛk.si.kɛ̃\/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,634

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

mexicains is anFrenchadj. It means: Pluriel de mexicain. Pronounced \mɛk.si.kɛ̃\. Often confused with mexicain and mexicaine.

Key facts for mexicains
PropertyValue
Headwordmexicains
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\mɛk.si.kɛ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,634
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mexicains in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mexicains is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɛk.si.kɛ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,634 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel de mexicain.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for mexicains, with forms such as "emxicains", "meixcains", and "mexciains". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "mexicain", "mexicaine", "mexicaines", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is mexicains, spelled M-E-X-I-C-A-I-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mexicain.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emxicains,meixcains,mexciains,mexiacins,mexicainns,mexicainss,mexicaisn,mexicanis,mexiccains,mexicians,mexxicains,mmexicains,mxeicains

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mexicains

Misspelling Variants of "mexicains"

emxicains9meixcains9mexciains9mexiacins9mexicainns10mexicainss10mexicaisn9mexicanis9
Misspelling Variants of "mexicains"

Frequency rank: #13,634 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mexicains"?
"mexicains" is spelled M-E-X-I-C-A-I-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛk.si.kɛ̃\.
What does "mexicains" mean?
As an adj, "mexicains" means: Pluriel de mexicain.
What words are commonly confused with "mexicains"?
"mexicains" is commonly confused with "mexicain", "mexicaine", "mexicaines". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mexicains"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mexicains" is \mɛk.si.kɛ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mexicains" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.