# meagre

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmiːɡɚ/ · frequency rank #34,584

## Definitions
1. An edible fish, of species Argyrosomus regius, of the family Sciaenidae, found from the Black Sea to the eastern Atlantic.

## Etymology
From Middle French maigre.

## Easily confused with
- **mere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meagre-vs-mere)
- **metre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meagre-vs-metre)
- **merge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meagre-vs-merge)
- **Mears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meagre-vs-mears)
- **measure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meagre-vs-measure)
- **mare** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mare-vs-meagre)
- **mage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mage-vs-meagre)
- **Meade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meade-vs-meagre)
- **Magee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/magee-vs-meagre)
- **meager** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/meager-vs-meagre)

## Common misspellings (7)
`emagre`, `maegre`, `meaggre`, `meagrre`, `mearge`, `megare`, `mmeagre`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/meagre