Meaux
\mo\
The verdict
“Meaux” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,508
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de Seine-et-Marne.
Corpus desk
Index FR-meaux · Meaux · French
Meaux · rank #14,508 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,508
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH maximal
Nearest frequency peer: maximal (-1 rank slots)
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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Meaux »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- magistrature
magistrature
85,496 corpus weight
- managers
managers
85,495 corpus weight
- maximal
maximal
85,494 corpus weight
- Meaux
Meaux
85,493 corpus weight
- meneur
meneur
85,492 corpus weight
- mentales
mentales
85,491 corpus weight
What this shows « Meaux » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meaux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \mo\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,508 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Meaux »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Meaux (IPA \mo\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,508 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Meaux, with forms such as "emaux", "maeux", and "meauxx". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "meu", "menu", "meuf", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Meaux, spelled M-E-A-U-X.
Definition
- 1Commune française, située dans le département de Seine-et-Marne.
- 2Canton français, situé dans le département de Seine-et-Marne.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Meaux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vers la fin de 1870, on vit rôder un singulier moine aux bords de la Marne et particulièrement aux environs de l’épiscopale ville de Meaux qui fut, après Versailles, une manière de seconde capitale allemande pour l’armée d’investissement pendant toute la durée du Siège.
Le 20 décembre, l’enseigne espagnole PrimaPrix inaugurait son troisième magasin sur le sol français, à Meaux, en Seine-et-Marne.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emaux
- maeux
- meauxx
- meaxu
- meuax
- mmeaux
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Meaux - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).