santé mentale
\sɑ̃.te mɑ̃.tal\
The verdict
“santé mentale” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aptitude du psychisme à fonctionner de façon harmonieuse, agréable, efficace et à faire face avec souplesse aux situations difficiles en étant capable de retrouver son équilibre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | santé mentale |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sɑ̃.te mɑ̃.tal\ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “santé mentale” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for santé mentale is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \sɑ̃.te mɑ̃.tal\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aptitude du psychisme à fonctionner de façon harmonieuse, agréable, efficace et à faire face avec souplesse aux situations difficiles en étant capable de retrouver son équilibre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for santé mentale in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is santé mentale, spelled S-A-N-T-É- -M-E-N-T-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Aptitude du psychisme à fonctionner de façon harmonieuse, agréable, efficace et à faire face avec souplesse aux situations difficiles en étant capable de retrouver son équilibre.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “santé mentale”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is S-A-N-T-É- -M-E-N-T-A-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \sɑ̃.te mɑ̃.tal\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.