mèches

\mɛʃ\

/\mɛʃ\/ noun

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The verdict

“mèches” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,508. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,508
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de mèche.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meches · mèches · French

mèches · rank #20,508 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,508
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH musculation

Nearest frequency peer: musculation (-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 « mèches »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mèches » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mèches vs mecs
50% similar
mèches vs mêmes
50% similar
mèches vs mères
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mèches
PropertyValue
Headwordmèches
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛʃ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,508
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mèches »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mèchesse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « musculation » (#20,507), « murailles » (#20,506), « momentanément » (#20,505). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mèches » est au #20,508. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around mèches (IPA \mɛʃ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,508 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de mèche.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mèches, with forms such as "mcèhes", "meches", and "mmèches". 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, "mecs", "mêmes", "mères", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mèches, spelled M-È-C-H-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mèche.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mèches appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Peu après, ma mère nous a annoncé que sa coiffeuse était d’accord pour essayer de recolorer mes mèches et de « débleuter » le noir de Léa.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mcèhes
  • meches
  • mmèches
  • mècches
  • mècehs
  • mèchess
  • mèchhes
  • mèchse
  • mèhces
  • èmches

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mèches - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mcèhes2meches1mmèches1mècches1mècehs2mèchess1mèchhes1mèchse2
Edit distance from "mèches"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mèches"?
"mèches" is spelled M-È-C-H-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛʃ\.
What does "mèches" mean?
As a noun, "mèches" means: Pluriel de mèche.
What words are commonly confused with "mèches"?
"mèches" is commonly confused with "mecs", "mêmes", "mères". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mèches"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mèches" is \mɛʃ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mèches" come from?
"mèches" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mèches", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

négoce#20,511mirent#20,503messes#20,500matter#20,497

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

oubliais10 variantsoubliera10 variantspaliers10 variantsparterre10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list