meant
\ˈmɛnt\
The verdict
“meant” is uncommon French (frequency #85,009 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,009
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prétérit de mean.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meant |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈmɛnt\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “meant” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
meant is uncommon French at frequency #85,009 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈmɛnt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for meant in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is meant, spelled M-E-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1Prétérit de mean.
- 2Participe passé de mean.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “meant”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-A-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈmɛnt\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.