# Mears

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #41,760

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A census-designated place in Oceana County, Michigan, United States.

## Etymology
* As an English surname, variant of Mear, topographic surname for someone who lived by a pond, from Old English mere (“lake, pool”), or near a boundary, from ġemǣre (“boundary, border”).
* As an Irish surname, from Ó Meidhir, from meidhir (“mirth”). Compare Myers.

## Easily confused with
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-mrs)
- **mer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-mer)
- **mes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-mes)
- **meat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-meat)
- **mess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-mess)
- **mere** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-mere)
- **mets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-mets)
- **mens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-mens)
- **Merc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-merc)
- **Meir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-meir)
- **mews** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-mews)
- **meer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-meer)
- **MERS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-mers)
- **Mehr** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-mehr)
- **Merv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-merv)
- **men's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-men-s)
- **meets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-meets)
- **merry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-merry)
- **metre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-metre)
- **Myers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mears-vs-myers)

## Common misspellings (6)
`emars`, `mearrs`, `mearss`, `measr`, `meras`, `mmears`

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