Meaux
"meaux" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Meaux” is uncommon English (frequency #91,789 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,789
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname from French.
Corpus desk
Index EN-meaux · Meaux · English
Meaux · rank #91,789 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,789
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mayfly
Nearest frequency peer: mayfly (-2 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Meaux”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Matts
Matts
8,217 corpus weight
- mayfly
mayfly
8,214 corpus weight
- Meaux
Meaux
8,212 corpus weight
- menton
menton
8,210 corpus weight
- Mercurio
Mercurio
8,209 corpus weight
- Meriam
Meriam
8,208 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Meaux” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meaux |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #91,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Meaux” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Meaux is uncommon English at frequency #91,789 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Meaux in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French Meaux. The correct English form is Meaux, spelled M-E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1A surname from French.
- 2An unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Etymology
Borrowed from French Meaux.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.