Meer

/[meːɐ̯]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,638

in German word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Meer is aGermannoun. It means: großes, salziges Gewässer, die Gesamtheit des zusammenhängenden Gewässers, welches die Landmassen der Erde umgibt, ein bestimmter, geographisch abgegrenzter Teil dieses Gewässers Pronounced [meːɐ̯]. It ranks #1,638 in German word frequency. Often confused with Mr and mir.

Key facts for Meer
PropertyValue
HeadwordMeer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[meːɐ̯]
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,638
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Meer in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Meer is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [meːɐ̯]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,638 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for Meer, with forms such as "emer", "meerr", and "mere". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mr", "mir", "men", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Meer, spelled M-E-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    großes, salziges Gewässer, die Gesamtheit des zusammenhängenden Gewässers, welches die Landmassen der Erde umgibt, ein bestimmter, geographisch abgegrenzter Teil dieses Gewässers
  2. 2
    große Menge
  3. 3
    Bestandteil von Eigennamen nordwestdeutscher Seen
  4. 4
    Bestandteil von Eigennamen großer Seen auf der Erde
  5. 5
    dunkel erscheinende Tiefebenen auf einer Mondoberfläche

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emer,meerr,mere,mmeer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Meer

Misspelling Variants of "Meer"

emer4meerr5mere4mmeer5
Misspelling Variants of "Meer"

Frequency rank: #1,638 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Meer"?
"Meer" is spelled M-E-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [meːɐ̯].
What does "Meer" mean?
As a noun, "Meer" means: großes, salziges Gewässer, die Gesamtheit des zusammenhängenden Gewässers, welches die Landmassen der Erde umgibt, ein bestimmter, geographisch abgegrenzter Teil dieses Gewässers
What words are commonly confused with "Meer"?
"Meer" is commonly confused with "Mr", "mir", "men". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Meer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Meer" is [meːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Meer" come from?
"Meer" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.