momento
\mɔ.mɛn.to\
The verdict
“momento” is uncommon French (frequency #80,436 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,436
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Stop.
Corpus desk
Index FR-momento · momento · French
momento · rank #80,436 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,436
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH molin
Nearest frequency peer: molin (-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 « momento »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- moles
moles
19,568 corpus weight
- molettes
molettes
19,567 corpus weight
- molin
molin
19,566 corpus weight
- momento
momento
19,565 corpus weight
- Monia
Monia
19,564 corpus weight
- montpelliér…
montpelliéraine
19,563 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « momento » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | momento |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \mɔ.mɛn.to\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,436 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « momento » en français
Rare enough to double-check
momento is uncommon French at frequency #80,436 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \mɔ.mɛn.to\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stop.".
momento has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is momento, spelled M-O-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Stop.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how momento appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Depuis son départ de Laxcatel, Meurtzer avait-il seulement pris la peine de s'inquiéter du sort de quelque ancien collègue que ce soit? Stop là! Momento! Comment en aurait-il eu le loisir, …?
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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