Meier
\maɪ̯ɐ\
The verdict
“Meier” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,216. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,216
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Métayer, à l'origine, fonctionnaire d'un propriétaire noble ou ecclésiastique qui avait en charge l'administration et la gestion de la ferme principale. Plus tard, locataire d'une grande exploitati...
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Index FR-meier · Meier · French
Meier · rank #49,216 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,216
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH mikado
Nearest frequency peer: mikado (+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 « Meier »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- mariera
mariera
50,791 corpus weight
- masquant
masquant
50,789 corpus weight
- Matheson
Matheson
50,788 corpus weight
- Maurepas
Maurepas
50,787 corpus weight
- Meier
Meier
50,785 corpus weight
- mikado
mikado
50,784 corpus weight
What this shows « Meier » 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 | Meier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \maɪ̯ɐ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,216 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Meier »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Meier (IPA \maɪ̯ɐ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,216 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 Meier, with forms such as "emier", "meeir", and "meierr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mer", "mie", "mir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is Meier, spelled M-E-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Métayer, à l'origine, fonctionnaire d'un propriétaire noble ou ecclésiastique qui avait en charge l'administration et la gestion de la ferme principale. Plus tard, locataire d'une grande exploitation agricole. majordome.
- 2Aspérule.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Meier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Meier verwaltete den Hof seines Grundherren.
Der Meier würde früher zum Färben verwendet.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emier
- meeir
- meierr
- meire
- mieer
- mmeier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Meier - 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).