Meir

name

The verdict

“Meir” is uncommon French (frequency #62,442 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,442
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Prénom masculin.

Key facts for Meir
PropertyValue
HeadwordMeir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
Letters4
Frequency rank#62,442
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Meir” 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). Meir 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

Meir is uncommon French at frequency #62,442 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom masculin.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Meir, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Meir, spelled M-E-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Prénom masculin.

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 "Meir"?
"Meir" is spelled M-E-I-R.
What does "Meir" mean?
As a proper noun, "Meir" means: Prénom masculin.
What language does "Meir" come from?
"Meir" 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 “Meir”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is M-E-I-R - 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list