Meiji

name

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The verdict

“Meiji” is uncommon French (frequency #60,201 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,201
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 122ᵉ empereur du Japon, de 1852 à 1912.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meiji · Meiji · French

Meiji · rank #60,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,201
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH medici

Nearest frequency peer: medici (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « Meiji »

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 « Meiji » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Meiji
PropertyValue
HeadwordMeiji
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,201
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « Meiji » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).Meijitombe 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: « medici » (#60,200), « menard » (#60,202), « meadow » (#60,199). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Meiji » est au #60,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Meiji is uncommon French at frequency #60,201 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for Meiji in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Meiji, spelled M-E-I-J-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    122ᵉ empereur du Japon, de 1852 à 1912.
  2. 2
    Ère du Japon entre 1868 et 1912.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. À partir des années 1860, avec la fin de la seconde guerre de l’opium et le début de l’ère Meiji, les échanges commerciaux reprennent entre l’Occident et l’Asie, et les voyageurs rêvant d’exotisme n’hésitent pas à prendre la mer pour plusieurs mois afin d’aller découvrir ces cultures lointaines.

This word in other languages

Meiji(English)

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 "Meiji"?
"Meiji" is spelled M-E-I-J-I.
What does "Meiji" mean?
As a proper noun, "Meiji" means: 122ᵉ empereur du Japon, de 1852 à 1912.
What language does "Meiji" come from?
"Meiji" 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 "Meiji", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Matty#60,196létal#60,178légua#60,176luang#60,171

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list