meninges
"meninges" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“meninges” is uncommon English (frequency #98,437 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,437
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.
Corpus desk
Index EN-meninges · meninges · English
meninges · rank #98,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,437
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mesmerize
Nearest frequency peer: mesmerize (+2 rank slots)
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Long-tail ranks near “meninges”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- McNary
McNary
1,570 corpus weight
- McNish
McNish
1,569 corpus weight
- meninges
meninges
1,564 corpus weight
- mesmerize
mesmerize
1,562 corpus weight
- Messa
Messa
1,561 corpus weight
- Meudon
Meudon
1,558 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “meninges” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meninges |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “meninges” in English
Rare enough to double-check
meninges is uncommon English at frequency #98,437 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for meninges in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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: Borrowed from Latin mēningēs, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “membrane”). The correct English form is meninges, spelled M-E-N-I-N-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1The three membranes that envelop the brain and spinal cord.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mēningēs, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “membrane”).
This word in other languages
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).