mythomane

\mi.to.man\

/\mi.to.man\/ adj

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « mythomane » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mythomane
PropertyValue
Headwordmythomane
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mi.to.man\
Letters9
Frequency rank#50,987
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mythomane » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mythomanetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Musik » (#50,986), « mélanome » (#50,988), « mulets » (#50,985). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mythomane » est au #50,987. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Qui a la manie pathologique de l’invention mensongère.
  2. 2
    Qui ment, qui fabule.
  3. 3
    Qui est en rapport avec la mythomanie.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mythomane"?
"mythomane" is spelled M-Y-T-H-O-M-A-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mi.to.man\.
What does "mythomane" mean?
As an adjective, "mythomane" means: Qui a la manie pathologique de l’invention mensongère.
How do you pronounce "mythomane"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mythomane" is \mi.to.man\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list