miocène

\mjɔ.sɛn\

/\mjɔ.sɛn\/ adj

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The verdict

“miocène” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,869. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,869
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui concerne le Miocène.

Corpus desk

Index FR-miocene · miocène · French

miocène · rank #40,869 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,869
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH minis

Nearest frequency peer: minis (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « miocène »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « miocène » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

miocène vs Modène
57% similar
miocène vs mécène
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for miocène
PropertyValue
Headwordmiocène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mjɔ.sɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,869
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « miocène »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).miocènese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « minis » (#40,868), « misant » (#40,870), « microbe » (#40,867). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « miocène » est au #40,869. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around miocène (IPA \mjɔ.sɛn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #40,869 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui concerne le Miocène.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for miocène, with forms such as "imocène", "micoène", and "mioccène". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Modène", "mécène", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is miocène, spelled M-I-O-C-È-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui concerne le Miocène.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how miocène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La limonite pourrait provenir de la bauxite du synclinal d’Ollières et les quartz du Crétacé supérieur de ce même synclinal ; aucune brèche miocène ne se trouve sur le plateau ; […].
  2. Le village de Rabelais, perdu en pleine montagne, à 20 kilomètres au nord du chemin de fer d’Alger à Oran et à une trentaine de kilomètres d’Orléansville, a été établi en 1889 en plein sable miocène ; son installation a coûté 78.000 francs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imocène
  • micoène
  • mioccène
  • miocene
  • miocnèe
  • miocèen
  • miocènne
  • mioècne
  • mmiocène
  • moicène

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of miocène - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

imocène2micoène2mioccène1miocene1miocnèe2miocèen2miocènne1mioècne2
Edit distance from "miocène"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "miocène"?
"miocène" is spelled M-I-O-C-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mjɔ.sɛn\.
What does "miocène" mean?
As an adjective, "miocène" means: Qui concerne le Miocène.
What words are commonly confused with "miocène"?
"miocène" is commonly confused with "Modène", "mécène". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "miocène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miocène" is \mjɔ.sɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miocène" come from?
"miocène" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "miocène", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

microbe#40,867mitigés#40,871mounier#40,876muscade#40,878

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

narguer10 variantsjugeons10 variantspeinard10 variantsphobies10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list