mythomane
\mi.to.man\
The verdict
“mythomane” is uncommon French (frequency #50,987 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,987
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui a la manie pathologique de l’invention mensongère.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mythomane · mythomane · French
mythomane · rank #50,987 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,987
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Musik
Nearest frequency peer: Musik (-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 « mythomane »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- MRAP
MRAP
49,017 corpus weight
- mulets
mulets
49,016 corpus weight
- Musik
Musik
49,015 corpus weight
- mythomane
mythomane
49,014 corpus weight
- mélanome
mélanome
49,013 corpus weight
- mérovingien…
mérovingienne
49,012 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mythomane » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mythomane |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mi.to.man\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,987 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « mythomane » en français
Rare enough to double-check
mythomane is uncommon French at frequency #50,987 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mi.to.man\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mythomane, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mythomane, spelled M-Y-T-H-O-M-A-N-E.
Definition
- 1Qui a la manie pathologique de l’invention mensongère.
- 2Qui ment, qui fabule.
- 3Qui est en rapport avec la mythomanie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mythomane appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Des accidents cérébraux localisés dans le lobe préfrontal désinhibent des patients atteints, rendant violents, mythomanes et sans scrupule des hommes ou femmes jusque-là charmants et honnêtes.
Un peu mythomane, Isaac croit lui-même à ses fables.
Synonyms
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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