mignoter
\mi.ɲɔ.te\
The verdict
“mignoter” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dorloter ; caresser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mignoter · mignoter · French
mignoter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | mignoter |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \mi.ɲɔ.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mignoter » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mignoter is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \mi.ɲɔ.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dorloter ; caresser.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mignoter, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is mignoter, spelled M-I-G-N-O-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Dorloter ; caresser.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mignoter appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jusqu’à présent, vous n’avez point eu à vous plaindre d’elle, qui vous a mignoté en son giron comme son enfant le plus cher.
Les deux couples riaient, bavardaient, cueillaient des fleurs, se cajolaient et se mignotaient, luttaient et se roulaient sur l’herbe, et les jeunes filles fumèrent des cigarettes.
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.