meistens
\ˈmaɪ̯stn̩s\
The verdict
“meistens” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D'ordinaire, généralement, le plus souvent, la plupart du temps.
Corpus desk
Index FR-meistens · meistens · French
meistens · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meistens |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ˈmaɪ̯stn̩s\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
meistens is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed \ˈmaɪ̯stn̩s\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "D'ordinaire, généralement, le plus souvent, la plupart du temps.".
Zero misspellings are on record for meistens in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is meistens, spelled M-E-I-S-T-E-N-S.
Definition
- 1D'ordinaire, généralement, le plus souvent, la plupart du temps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how meistens appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Krankenpfleger (... war) meistens so voller Restalkohol, dass er lieber die Füße hochlegte und schlief, statt sich um die Patienten zu kümmern.
Der Strompreis setzt sich aus verschiedenen Bestandteilen zusammen: (...) Grundpreis: Ein fester Betrag, der unabhängig vom Verbrauch anfällt, meistens angegeben in Euro pro Monat oder Jahr.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.