mentionnentvsmentionnerWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“mentionnent” and “mentionner” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,787
“mentionnent” frequency rank
#6,977
“mentionner” frequency rank
27764
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mentionnent mentionner
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mentionner. Citer, nommer ou indiquer, de vive voix ou par écrit.

Where the eye mixes mentionnent and mentionner

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. mentionnent runs 11 letters (CVCCVVCCVCC) against mentionner's 10 (CVCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

11 ch
mentionnent
10 ch
mentionner

Visual trap between mentionnent and mentionner

A purely visual mix-up. mentionnent (\mɑ̃.sjɔn\) and mentionner (\mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27764, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mentionnent is recorded at frequency rank #20,787, classified as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔn\. mentionner is at rank #6,977, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 27764, this pair ranks #326,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mentionnent vs mentionner

Shared letters: eimnot. Private to "mentionnent": -. Private to "mentionner": r.

"mentionnent" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVCC  ·  "mentionner" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mentionnent ← emntionnent · menitonnent · menntionnent · mentinonent · mentionennt · mentionent · mentionnennt · mentionnentt
  • mentionner ← emntionner · menitonner · menntionner · mentinoner · mentionenr · mentioner · mentionnerr · mentionnre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mentionnent" and "mentionner" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\mɑ̃.sjɔn\ versus \mɑ̃.sjɔ.ne\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mentionnent" or "mentionner"?
"mentionner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,977 in our French list, against #20,787 for "mentionnent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "mentionnent" and "mentionner" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mentionnent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mentionner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #326,926 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mentionnent" and "mentionner" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mentionnent vs mentionnez". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #326,926 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list