Meuse
/mjuːz/
"meuse" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Meuse” is uncommon English (frequency #58,846 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,846
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A major river that flows about 901 km (560 mi) from France through Belgium and the Netherlands to the North Sea.
Corpus desk
Index EN-meuse · Meuse · English
Meuse · rank #58,846 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,846
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH mete
Nearest frequency peer: mete (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Meuse”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Meriden
Meriden
41,158 corpus weight
- merman
merman
41,157 corpus weight
- mete
mete
41,156 corpus weight
- Meuse
Meuse
41,155 corpus weight
- Mexicana
Mexicana
41,154 corpus weight
- MIATA
MIATA
41,152 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Meuse” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meuse |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /mjuːz/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #58,846 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Meuse” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Meuse is uncommon English at frequency #58,846 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /mjuːz/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Meuse, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French Meuse. The correct English form is Meuse, spelled M-E-U-S-E.
Definition
- 1A major river that flows about 901 km (560 mi) from France through Belgium and the Netherlands to the North Sea.
- 2A department of Grand Est, France. Capital: Bar-le-Duc (INSEE code 55).
Etymology
From French Meuse.
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 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).