Modiano
The verdict
“Modiano” is uncommon French (frequency #58,096 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,096
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom de famille.
Corpus desk
Index FR-modiano · Modiano · French
Modiano · rank #58,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,096
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH molard
Nearest frequency peer: molard (+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 « Modiano »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- mitaines
mitaines
41,908 corpus weight
- Modiano
Modiano
41,905 corpus weight
- molard
molard
41,904 corpus weight
- molybdène
molybdène
41,903 corpus weight
- mondialisme
mondialisme
41,902 corpus weight
- moniales
moniales
41,901 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Modiano » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Modiano |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Modiano » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Modiano is uncommon French at frequency #58,096 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nom de famille.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Modiano in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Modiano, spelled M-O-D-I-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Nom de famille.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Modiano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avec le cinéaste Tati et le romancier Modiano, il était de ceux qui s’affolent quand on les interroge, comme un albatros sur le pont du navire, mais nous éblouissent par leur talent inimitable et indémodable, léger et distingué.
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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