modems
\mɔ.dɛm\
The verdict
“modems” is uncommon French (frequency #78,649 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,649
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de modem.
Corpus desk
Index FR-modems · modems · French
modems · rank #78,649 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,649
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH modifiez
Nearest frequency peer: modifiez (+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 « modems »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mistake
mistake
21,355 corpus weight
- mitoyens
mitoyens
21,354 corpus weight
- modems
modems
21,352 corpus weight
- modifiez
modifiez
21,351 corpus weight
- Moffatt
Moffatt
21,350 corpus weight
- molasse
molasse
21,349 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « modems » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | modems |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.dɛm\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « modems » en français
Rare enough to double-check
modems is uncommon French at frequency #78,649 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.dɛm\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de modem.".
modems has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is modems, spelled M-O-D-E-M-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de modem.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how modems appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nous verrons les modems, les banques de données externes et les réseaux.
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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