moyenne

\mwa.jɛn\

/\mwa.jɛn\/ noun

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The verdict

“moyenne” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #754. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#754
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grandeur se trouvant au milieu des 2 valeurs extrêmes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-moyenne · moyenne · French

moyenne · rank #754 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #754
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mains

Nearest frequency peer: mains (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « moyenne »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « moyenne » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

moyenne vs moyens
71% similar
moyenne vs moyennes
88% similar
moyenne vs moyen
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for moyenne
PropertyValue
Headwordmoyenne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mwa.jɛn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#754
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « moyenne »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.moyennese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mains » (#753), « entrée » (#752), « pied » (#756). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « moyenne » est au #754. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around moyenne (IPA \mwa.jɛn\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #754 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for moyenne, with forms such as "mmoyenne", "moeynne", and "moyene". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "moyens", "moyennes", "moyen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is moyenne, spelled M-O-Y-E-N-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grandeur se trouvant au milieu des 2 valeurs extrêmes.
  2. 2
    Grandeur se trouvant au milieu des 2 valeurs extrêmes.
  3. 3
    Moyenne arithmétique.
  4. 4
    Moyenne arithmétique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how moyenne appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Seuls trois élèves ont eu la moyenne à ce contrôle, ce qui a incité le professeur à organiser un rattrapage.
  2. Dans la mer des Antilles je faisais une bonne moyenne de marche poussé par les alizés qui soufflaient frais et réguliers du Nord-Est.

This word in other languages

average(English)promedio(Español)Durchschnittswert(Deutsch)média(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmoyenne
  • moeynne
  • moyene
  • moyenen
  • moynene
  • moyyenne
  • myoenne
  • omyenne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of moyenne - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmoyenne1moeynne2moyene1moyenen2moynene2moyyenne1myoenne2omyenne2
Edit distance from "moyenne"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "moyenne"?
"moyenne" is spelled M-O-Y-E-N-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mwa.jɛn\.
What does "moyenne" mean?
As a noun, "moyenne" means: Grandeur se trouvant au milieu des 2 valeurs extrêmes.
What words are commonly confused with "moyenne"?
"moyenne" is commonly confused with "moyens", "moyennes", "moyen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "moyenne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "moyenne" is \mwa.jɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "moyenne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "moyenne", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list