mecum
The verdict
“mecum” is uncommon French (frequency #85,924 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,924
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Avec moi.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mecum |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mecum” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mecum is uncommon French at frequency #85,924 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Avec moi.".
Zero misspellings are on record for mecum in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mecum, spelled M-E-C-U-M.
Definition
- 1Avec moi.
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 “mecum”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-C-U-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.