mitan

\mi.tɑ̃\

/\mi.tɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“mitan” is uncommon French (frequency #81,343 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,343
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Moitié.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mitan · mitan · French

mitan · rank #81,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,343
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Michoacán

Nearest frequency peer: Michoacán (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « mitan »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mitan » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mitan
PropertyValue
Headwordmitan
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mi.tɑ̃\
Letters5
Frequency rank#81,343
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mitan » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mitantombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « Michoacán » (#81,342), « Mizoguchi » (#81,344), « moch » (#81,345). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mitan » est au #81,343. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mitan is uncommon French at frequency #81,343 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mi.tɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for mitan in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mitan, spelled M-I-T-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Moitié.
  2. 2
    Milieu (dans l’espace).
  3. 3
    Milieu (dans le temps).
  4. 4
    La pègre, le milieu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aux approches du mitan, l’eau lui montait jusqu'aux hanches, et Harry Dickson le vit tirer son coutelas et le mettre au sec dans une poche de son veston.
  2. 1640 Véritable et espouvantable récit de la destruction de plusieurs maisons avec le mitant de l’église de S. Médard, plusieurs personnes noyées, les corps nouvellement inhumez jettez hors de terre, arrivé aux environs de Dinant par l’orage et débordement des eaues.

This word in other languages

mitad(Español)Mitte(Deutsch)

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 "mitan"?
"mitan" is spelled M-I-T-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.tɑ̃\.
What does "mitan" mean?
As a noun, "mitan" means: Moitié.
How do you pronounce "mitan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mitan" is \mi.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

modou#81,347moman#81,350massi#81,329murex#81,363

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list