molène
\mɔ.lɛn\
The verdict
“molène” is uncommon French (frequency #91,950 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,950
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plante de la famille des Scrofulariacées, bisannuelles, cotonneuses, aux feuilles en rosette à la base, elliptiques et alternes, aux fleurs à cinq pétales, le plus souvent jaunes et groupées en lon...
Corpus desk
Index FR-molene · molène · French
molène · rank #91,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,950
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH moises
Nearest frequency peer: moises (-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 « molène »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- modena
modena
8,054 corpus weight
- modiques
modiques
8,053 corpus weight
- moises
moises
8,052 corpus weight
- molène
molène
8,051 corpus weight
- monoclonaux
monoclonaux
8,050 corpus weight
- monomoteur
monomoteur
8,049 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « molène » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | molène |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \mɔ.lɛn\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « molène » en français
Rare enough to double-check
molène is uncommon French at frequency #91,950 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mɔ.lɛn\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plante de la famille des Scrofulariacées, bisannuelles, cotonneuses, aux feuilles en rosette à la base, elliptiques et alternes, aux fleurs à cinq pétales, le plus souvent jaunes et groupées en lon...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for molène, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is molène, spelled M-O-L-È-N-E.
Definition
- 1Plante de la famille des Scrofulariacées, bisannuelles, cotonneuses, aux feuilles en rosette à la base, elliptiques et alternes, aux fleurs à cinq pétales, le plus souvent jaunes et groupées en longs épis.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how molène appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Elle arrosait elle-même ses plates-bandes de roses trémières, de molènes pourpres, de phlox vivaces.
Si votre chaussure vous irrite le pied, mettez-y une feuille de molène.
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This word in other languages
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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