Mindanao
The verdict
“Mindanao” is uncommon French (frequency #71,706 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,706
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Île au sud de l’archipel des Philippines.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mindanao · Mindanao · French
Mindanao · rank #71,706 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,706
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH minutieuses
Nearest frequency peer: minutieuses (+2 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 « Mindanao »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mesuraient
mesuraient
28,299 corpus weight
- Mindanao
Mindanao
28,295 corpus weight
- minutieuses
minutieuses
28,293 corpus weight
- molesté
molesté
28,291 corpus weight
- molto
molto
28,290 corpus weight
- Mondeville
Mondeville
28,289 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mindanao » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mindanao |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mindanao » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mindanao is uncommon French at frequency #71,706 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Île au sud de l’archipel des Philippines.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Mindanao, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Mindanao, spelled M-I-N-D-A-N-A-O.
Definition
- 1Île au sud de l’archipel des Philippines.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mindanao appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
MINDANAO, (Géogr.) grande île des Indes orientales, l’une des Philippines la plus méridionale & la plus grande après Manille. Sa figure est triangulaire : elle a environ 250 lieues de tour. On y compte plusieurs rivieres navigables, dont les plus fameuses sont Bukayen & Butuan. La plûpart des habitans sont idolâtres, & les autres mahométans.
Les îles Philippines présentent une superficie plus grande que celle de l’Angleterre et égale environ à la moitié de celle de la France. Elles peuvent se diviser en trois groupes principaux : au nord, la grande île de Luçon, qui renferme Manille, capitale de la colonie ; au sud, l’île un peu moins grande de Mindanao ; entre les deux, les îles Bisayas, don…
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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