mitis

\ˈmiː.tis\

/\ˈmiː.tis\/ adj

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The verdict

“mitis” is uncommon French (frequency #70,850 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,850
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mou, moelleux, tendre, qui n'est pas dur, mûr.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mitis · mitis · French

mitis · rank #70,850 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,850
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mitrailler

Nearest frequency peer: mitrailler (+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 « mitis »

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 « mitis » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mitis
PropertyValue
Headwordmitis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ˈmiː.tis\
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,850
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mitis » en français

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « mitrailler » (#70,851), « mirko » (#70,848), « mobilisateur » (#70,852). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mitis » est au #70,850. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mitis is uncommon French at frequency #70,850 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈmiː.tis\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for mitis in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mitis, spelled M-I-T-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mou, moelleux, tendre, qui n'est pas dur, mûr.
  2. 2
    Doux, dont la saveur est douce.
  3. 3
    Doux, léger, bénin, supportable, doux (de caractère), traitable, indulgent, clément, aimable, gentil.
  4. 4
    Suave (en parlant du style).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Alicui mitis.
  2. dolorem mitiorem facere.

Synonyms

lenismollis

Antonyms

aceracidus

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 "mitis"?
"mitis" is spelled M-I-T-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈmiː.tis\.
What does "mitis" mean?
As an adjective, "mitis" means: Mou, moelleux, tendre, qui n'est pas dur, mûr.
How do you pronounce "mitis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mitis" is \ˈmiː.tis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mitis" come from?
"mitis" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

mirko#70,848MOOCs#70,861Menou#70,831mecha#70,828

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list