member

/ˈmɛmbə/

//ˈmɛmbə// noun

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"member" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“member” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#677
frequency rank, English
4,057
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - One who belongs to a group.

Corpus desk

Index EN-member · member · English

member · rank #677 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #677
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,057
  • PHOTO-FINISH l

Nearest frequency peer: l (-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.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “member”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “member” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

member vs meme
67% similar
member vs meter
67% similar
member vs Meyer
50% similar

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

Key facts for member
PropertyValue
Headwordmember
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈmɛmbə/
Letters6
Frequency rank#677
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “member”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).memberlands here:

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

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Same rarity band neighbours include “l” (#676), “middle” (#678), “hour” (#675). Among 4,057 “M” headwords, “member” is #677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around member (IPA /ˈmɛmbə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #677 among 4,057 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for member, with forms such as "emmber", "mebmer", and "membber". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "meme", "meter", "Meyer", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English membre, from Old French membre, from Latin membrum (“limb, body part”), from Proto-Italic *memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, *mēms-rom (“flesh”). Akin to Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz, “meat, flesh”), Crimean Gothic menus. Coexists with n… The correct English form is member, spelled M-E-M-B-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    One who belongs to a group.
  2. 2
    A part of a whole.
  3. 3
    Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
  4. 4
    The penis.
  5. 5
    One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
  6. 6
    An element of a set.
  7. 7
    the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
  8. 8
    A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.
  9. 9
    Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.
  10. 10
    A file stored within an archive file.
  11. 11
    A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. “Were it not for the fancy French and Latin in it, I'd have swore it was the sort of thing I do not print as a rule, but being as how the order was from one of the members upstairs...”
  2. The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.

Etymology

From Middle English membre, from Old French membre, from Latin membrum (“limb, body part”), from Proto-Italic *memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, *mēms-rom (“flesh”). Akin to Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz, “meat, flesh”), Crimean Gothic menus. Coexists with native limb, from Old English lim (“limb, joint, main branch”). Mostly displaced lith (“limb, joint, member”), from Old English liþ (“limb, member, join, tip”), which still survives in British dialect.

This word in other languages

miembro(Español)membre(Français)Mitglied(Deutsch)sócio(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emmber
  • mebmer
  • membber
  • memberr
  • membre
  • memebr
  • memmber
  • mmeber
  • mmember

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of member - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emmber2mebmer2membber1memberr1membre2memebr2memmber1mmeber2
Edit distance from "member"

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 "member"?
"member" is spelled M-E-M-B-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈmɛmbə/.
What does "member" mean?
As a noun, "member" means: One who belongs to a group.
What words are commonly confused with "member"?
"member" is commonly confused with "meme", "meter", "Meyer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "member"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "member" is /ˈmɛmbə/. 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 "member"?
From Middle English membre, from Old French membre, from Latin membrum (“limb, body part”), from Proto-Italic *memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, *mēms-rom (“flesh”). Akin to Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz, “meat, flesh”), Crimean Gothic menus. Coexi... 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 "member", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

middle#678needed#679higher#674result#681

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

answer9 variantsdesign9 variantsfinally9 variantsreturn9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list