meeple
/ˈmiːpəl/noun
meeple is spelled M-E-E-P-L-E: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, meeple means “A small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of meeple is meeples.
How many letters and syllables are in meeple?
| Letters | 6: M-E-E-P-L-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 66 million words; the 255,765th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is meeple?
Meeple appears about once in every 66 million words in written English, the 255,765th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce meeple?
- UK /ˈmiːpəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-meeple.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of meeple
- meeples plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does meeple mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:meeple.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Meeple in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense wooden token with a human shape used by a player in a board game:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | keko |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does meeple come from?
Blend of my + people. Coined by Alison Hansel in November 2000 during a game of Carcassonne on the South Shore of Massachusetts.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).