modest
\mɒd.ɪst\
The verdict
“modest” is uncommon French (frequency #96,139 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,139
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Modeste.
Corpus desk
Index FR-modest · modest · French
modest · rank #96,139 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,139
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH modales
Nearest frequency peer: modales (-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 « modest »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mobylettes
mobylettes
3,865 corpus weight
- mochi
mochi
3,864 corpus weight
- modales
modales
3,863 corpus weight
- modest
modest
3,862 corpus weight
- molla
molla
3,861 corpus weight
- moller
moller
3,860 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « modest » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | modest |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɒd.ɪst\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #96,139 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « modest » en français
Rare enough to double-check
modest is uncommon French at frequency #96,139 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɒd.ɪst\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for modest, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable 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 pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is modest, spelled M-O-D-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1Modeste.
- 2Modique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how modest appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The recursive algorithm for computing Fibonacci numbers is compact, but it is slow, even when working with fairly modest values.
The City People's Committee of Murska Sobota purchased the building for a modest sum of money in mid-1949
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Antonyms
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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