Metairie
/ˈmɛtəri/
"metairie" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Metairie” is uncommon English (frequency #71,698 among 36,575 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,698
- frequency rank, English
- 36,575
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Corpus desk
Index EN-metairie · Metairie · English
Metairie · rank #71,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,698
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 36,575
- PHOTO-FINISH Mesolithic
Nearest frequency peer: Mesolithic (-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 “Metairie”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- megalithic
megalithic
28,306 corpus weight
- Meghalaya
Meghalaya
28,305 corpus weight
- Mesolithic
Mesolithic
28,304 corpus weight
- Metairie
Metairie
28,303 corpus weight
- microfluidic
microfluidic
28,301 corpus weight
- Milgram
Milgram
28,299 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Metairie” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Metairie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɛtəri/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Metairie” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Metairie is uncommon English at frequency #71,698 among 36,575 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈmɛtəri/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Metairie, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French métairie (“small tenant farm”). The correct English form is Metairie, spelled M-E-T-A-I-R-I-E.
Definition
- 1An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Etymology
Borrowed from French métairie (“small tenant farm”).
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.
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.
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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).
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.