ME

name

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"me" is a 2-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“ME” is in the everyday core of English, ranked #36 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.

#36
frequency rank, English
2
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ME vs my
0% similar
ME vs Mr
50% similar
ME vs MS
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ME
PropertyValue
HeadwordME
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
Letters2
Frequency rank#36
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ME” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). ME lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The English entry for ME is 2 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #36 in overall English word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No generated misspelling entries exist for ME in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "my", "Mr", "MS", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is ME, spelled M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States.
  2. 2
    Abbreviation of Middle East: a geographic region of West Asia, additionally including Turkey, as well as Egypt in North Africa.
  3. 3
    Initialism of Middle English.
  4. 4
    Alternative letter-case form of Me (“Windows Me (Millennium Edition)”).
  5. 5
    Initialism of Montreal Exchange, a futures and derivatives exchange (formerly also a stock exchange).
  6. 6
    Initialism of Mass Effect.

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ME"?
"ME" is spelled M-E.
What does "ME" mean?
As a proper noun, "ME" means: Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States.
What words are commonly confused with "ME"?
"ME" is commonly confused with "my", "Mr", "MS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "ME" come from?
"ME" is a English word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “ME”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “my” - see the side-by-side comparison. ME vs my
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list