# mesh

> English word · Noun · IPA /mɛʃ/ · frequency rank #10,401

## Definitions
1. A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.
2. The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.
3. The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.
4. A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.
5. A polygon mesh.
6. In mesh analysis: a loop in an electric circuit (to which Kirchhoff's voltage law can be applied).
7. A network topology with each device connected to multiple other devices in lieu of a central switch. Redundancy on a mesh network prevents single points of failure.

## Etymology
From Middle English mesche, from Old English masc (“net”) (perhaps influenced in form by related Old English mæscre (“mesh, spot”)), from the related Proto-Germanic *maskwǭ and *maskrǭ respectively, from Proto-Indo-European *mezg- (“to knit, twist, plait”).
Akin to Old High German māsca (“mesh”), Old Saxon maska (“net”), Old Norse mǫskvi, mǫskun (“mesh”).

## Easily confused with
- **MS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-ms)
- **MH** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-mh)
- **met** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-met)
- **Mrs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-mrs)
- **MPS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-mps)
- **mph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-mph)
- **MoS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-mos)
- **MSM** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-msm)
- **MSG** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-msg)
- **MSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-msp)
- **mew** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-mew)
- **mex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-mex)
- **MSN** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-msn)
- **MMS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-mms)
- **MSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-msa)
- **MSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-msi)
- **MSF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-msf)
- **MST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-mst)
- **muh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-muh)
- **Mss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mesh-vs-mss)

## Common misspellings (6)
`emsh`, `mehs`, `meshh`, `messh`, `mmesh`, `mseh`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/mesh