meet

/miːt/

//miːt// verb

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"meet" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“meet” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #544) as a verb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#544
frequency rank, English
36,575
“M” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.

Corpus desk

Index EN-meet · meet · English

meet · rank #544 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #544
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 36,575
  • PHOTO-FINISH London

Nearest frequency peer: London (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “meet”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “meet” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

meet vs MT
0% similar
meet vs men
50% similar
meet vs met
75% similar

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

Key facts for meet
PropertyValue
Headwordmeet
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/miːt/
Letters4
Frequency rank#544
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “meet” sits in English frequency

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

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for meet is neighbouring look-alikes ("MT", "men", …), not just typos; it is averb pronounced /miːt/. Frequency #544 among 36,575 “M” headwords. 14 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for meet, with forms such as "emet", "meett", and "mete". 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, "MT", "men", "met", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”). Cognates Cognate with Scots met, me… The correct English form is meet, spelled M-E-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
  2. 2
    To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
  3. 3
    To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
  4. 4
    To come together.
  5. 5
    To come together.
  6. 6
    To come together.
  7. 7
    To make physical or perceptual contact.
  8. 8
    To make physical or perceptual contact.
  9. 9
    To make physical or perceptual contact.
  10. 10
    To make physical or perceptual contact.
  11. 11
    To satisfy; to comply with.
  12. 12
    To balance or come out correct.
  13. 13
    To perceive; to come to a knowledge of; to have personal acquaintance with; to experience; to suffer.
  14. 14
    To be mixed with, to be combined with aspects of.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Fancy meeting you here! Guess who I met at the supermarket today?
  2. Yesterday, upon the stair I met a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today I wish, I wish he’d go away[…]

Etymology

From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”). Cognates Cognate with Scots met, mete, meit (“to meet”), North Frisian meet, mätje, möt (“to meet”), West Frisian mette, moetsje (“to meet”), Dutch ontmoeten (“to meet”), Low German möten (“to meet”), Danish møde (“to meet”), Elfdalian my̨öt (“to meet”), Faroese møta (“to meet”), Icelandic mæta (“to meet”), Norwegian Bokmål møte (“to meet”), Norwegian Nynorsk møta, møte (“to meet”), Swedish möta (“to meet”). Related to moot.

This word in other languages

encontrar(Español)rencontrer(Français)treffen(Deutsch)encontrar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emet
  • meett
  • mete
  • mmeet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meet - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emet2meett1mete2mmeet1
Edit distance from "meet"

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 May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meet"?
"meet" is spelled M-E-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is /miːt/.
What does "meet" mean?
As a verb, "meet" means: To make contact (with someone) while in proximity.
What words are commonly confused with "meet"?
"meet" is commonly confused with "MT", "men", "met". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meet" is /miːt/. 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 "meet"?
From Middle English meten, from Old English mētan (“to meet, find, encounter”), from Proto-West Germanic *mōtijan (“to meet”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtijaną (“to meet”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d- (“to come, meet”). Cognates Cognate with Sco... 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 "meet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list