Meiji

name

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The verdict

“Meiji” is uncommon French (frequency #60,201 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,201
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 122ᵉ empereur du Japon, de 1852 à 1912.

Key facts for Meiji
PropertyValue
HeadwordMeiji
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,201
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Meiji” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Meiji lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Meiji is uncommon French at frequency #60,201 among 202,672 “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.

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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Using “Meiji”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-E-I-J-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list