mike

/\ˈmai̯k\/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,004

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mike is aFrenchnoun. It means: (radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour la lettre latine M. Pronounced \ˈmai̯k\. It ranks #4,004 in French word frequency. Often confused with MK and mis.

Key facts for mike
PropertyValue
Headwordmike
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˈmai̯k\
Letters4
Frequency rank#4,004
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for mike is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈmai̯k\. Corpus data places it at rank #4,004 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for mike, with forms such as "imke", "miek", and "mikke". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MK", "mis", "Mme", and more, 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 mike, spelled M-I-K-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour la lettre latine M.
  2. 2
    Pavillon du code international des signaux maritimes correspondant à la lettre M.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imke,miek,mikke,mkie,mmike

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mike

Misspelling Variants of "mike"

imke4miek4mikke5mkie4mmike5
Misspelling Variants of "mike"

Frequency rank: #4,004 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mike"?
"mike" is spelled M-I-K-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈmai̯k\.
What does "mike" mean?
As a noun, "mike" means: (radiotéléphonie) Mot de code radiotéléphonique de l'OACI, OTAN et SIA pour la lettre latine M.
What words are commonly confused with "mike"?
"mike" is commonly confused with "MK", "mis", "Mme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mike"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mike" is \ˈmai̯k\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mike" come from?
"mike" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our French index:

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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.