meishi
"meishi" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“meishi” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Japanese business card.
Corpus desk
Index EN-meishi · meishi · English
meishi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meishi |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “meishi” in English
Rare enough to double-check
meishi is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Japanese business card.".
Zero misspellings are on record for meishi in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Japanese 名刺. The correct English form is meishi, spelled M-E-I-S-H-I.
Definition
- 1A Japanese business card.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how meishi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Typically, a meishi features the company name at the top in the largest print, followed by the job title and then the name of the individual.
Etymology
Borrowed from Japanese 名刺.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.