meats

/miːts/

//miːts// noun

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"meats" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“meats” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #15,449. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,449
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of meat

Corpus desk

Index EN-meats · meats · English

meats · rank #15,449 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,449
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH McLean

Nearest frequency peer: McLean (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “meats”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “meats” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

meats vs met
60% similar
meats vs mes
60% similar
meats vs meet
60% similar

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

Key facts for meats
PropertyValue
Headwordmeats
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/miːts/
Letters5
Frequency rank#15,449
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “meats”

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

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “McLean” (#15,448), “Michele” (#15,450), “motivational” (#15,451). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “meats” is #15,449. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around meats (IPA /miːts/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,449 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of meat".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for meats, with forms such as "emats", "meast", and "meatss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "met", "mes", "meet", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is meats, spelled M-E-A-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of meat

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how meats appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emats
  • meast
  • meatss
  • meatts
  • metas
  • mmeats

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meats - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emats2meast2meatss1meatts1metas2mmeats1
Edit distance from "meats"

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 "meats"?
"meats" is spelled M-E-A-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is /miːts/.
What does "meats" mean?
As a noun, "meats" means: plural of meat
What words are commonly confused with "meats"?
"meats" is commonly confused with "met", "mes", "meet". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meats"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meats" is /miːts/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meats" come from?
"meats" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "meats", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Haley#15,421gravy#15,418fungi#15,414psych#15,484

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

jays6 variantspans6 variantsinnate6 variantsGwen6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list