meu
/ˈmju/noun
meu is spelled M-E-U: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, meu means “Meum athamanticum, a European herb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of meu is meus.
How many letters and syllables are in meu?
| Letters | 3: M-E-U |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 3 million words; the 48,775th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is meu?
Meu appears about once in every 3 million words in written English, the 48,775th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce meu?
- UK /ˈmjuː/
- US /ˈmju/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-meu.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with meu?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as meu from its last stressed vowel (/u/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: emu, ume.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of meu
- mew rare
- meus plural
- mehu
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does meu mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Meum athamanticum, a European herb.
- 2
The second minister of the Kingdom of Dahomey.
noun
- 1
USAcronym of marine expeditionary unit.
noun
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of meu (“second minister of Kingdom of Dahomey”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does meu come from?
From Latin mēum (“umbelliferous plant, Meum athamanticum”), from Ancient Greek μῆον (mêon), probably from μεῖον (meîon, “lesser”) for its small size. The English form came perhaps via Middle French meu, a word with a single isolated attestation from the 14th century which only began to appear consistently from 1568, by which time the word was established in English.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).