Mehmed

\mɛ.mɛd\

/\mɛ.mɛd\/ name

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The verdict

“Mehmed” is uncommon French (frequency #92,986 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,986
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante turque de Mohammed.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mehmed · Mehmed · French

Mehmed · rank #92,986 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,986
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Memphrémagog

Nearest frequency peer: Memphrémagog (+2 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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Mehmed »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mehmed » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mehmed
PropertyValue
HeadwordMehmed
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\mɛ.mɛd\
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,986
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Mehmed » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Mehmedtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « Memphrémagog » (#92,988), « matante » (#92,983), « mentaient » (#92,989). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Mehmed » est au #92,986. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mehmed is uncommon French at frequency #92,986 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \mɛ.mɛd\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante turque de Mohammed.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mehmed, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Mehmed, spelled M-E-H-M-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Variante turque de Mohammed.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mehmed Kemal.

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 "Mehmed"?
"Mehmed" is spelled M-E-H-M-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ.mɛd\.
What does "Mehmed" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mehmed" means: Variante turque de Mohammed.
How do you pronounce "Mehmed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mehmed" is \mɛ.mɛd\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mehmed" come from?
"Mehmed" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Moissy#93,001Malory#92,969Magnac#92,963Moussy#93,011

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list