meese

/miːs/

//miːs// noun

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

The verdict

“meese” is uncommon English (frequency #76,117 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,117
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-meese · meese · English

meese · rank #76,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,117
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH membranous

Nearest frequency peer: membranous (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “meese”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “meese” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for meese
PropertyValue
Headwordmeese
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/miːs/
Letters5
Frequency rank#76,117
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “meese” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).meesefalls in this rarity band:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “membranous” (#76,118), “menses” (#76,119), “mesenteric” (#76,120). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “meese” is #76,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

meese is uncommon English at frequency #76,117 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /miːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "plural of moose".

Zero misspellings are on record for meese in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: Pluralization of moose on the pattern of Germanic strong declension nouns such as goose → geese, tooth → teeth, foot → feet, and the similarly jocularly-formed shoop → sheep. The correct English form is meese, spelled M-E-E-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of moose

Etymology

Pluralization of moose on the pattern of Germanic strong declension nouns such as goose → geese, tooth → teeth, foot → feet, and the similarly jocularly-formed shoop → sheep.

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 "meese"?
"meese" is spelled M-E-E-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is /miːs/.
What does "meese" mean?
As a noun, "meese" means: plural of moose
How do you pronounce "meese"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meese" is /miːs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "meese"?
Pluralization of moose on the pattern of Germanic strong declension nouns such as goose → geese, tooth → teeth, foot → feet, and the similarly jocularly-formed shoop → sheep. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list