Mythos
\ˈmyːtɔs\
The verdict
“Mythos” is uncommon French (frequency #54,745 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,745
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mythe.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mythos · Mythos · French
Mythos · rank #54,745 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,745
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH muraux
Nearest frequency peer: muraux (-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 « Mythos »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- multilatéral
multilatéral
45,258 corpus weight
- muraux
muraux
45,257 corpus weight
- Mythos
Mythos
45,256 corpus weight
- médiatiquem…
médiatiquement
45,255 corpus weight
- Nabokov
Nabokov
45,254 corpus weight
- nationalisé
nationalisé
45,253 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mythos » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mythos |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈmyːtɔs\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #54,745 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mythos » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mythos is uncommon French at frequency #54,745 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈmyːtɔs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mythe.".
Zero misspellings are on record for Mythos in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Mythos, spelled M-Y-T-H-O-S.
Definition
- 1Mythe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mythos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Mythos der Schöpfung der Welt.
Der platonische Mythos ist allgemein bekannt: am Anfang gab es Männer, Frauen und Androgyne; jedes Individuum hatte zwei Gesichter, vier Arme, vier Beine und zwei miteinander verbundene Körper. Sie wurden eines Tages entzweigeteilt, «wie man Eier teilt», und seither sucht jede Hälfte sich wieder mit ihrer Ergänzung zu vereinen: die Götter beschlossen dara…
Antonyms
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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