membre

/\mɑ̃bʁ\/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,034

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

membre is aFrenchnoun. It means: Partie extérieure du corps d’un être humain ou d’un animal, distinguée de toutes les autres par quelque fonction particulière. Note d’usage : Se dit principalement des bras et des jambes ; ne se di... Pronounced \mɑ̃bʁ\. It ranks #1,034 in French word frequency. Often confused with Mère and mètre.

Key facts for membre
PropertyValue
Headwordmembre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɑ̃bʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,034
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of membre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for membre is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɑ̃bʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #1,034 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 12 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for membre, with forms such as "emmbre", "mebmre", and "membbre". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Mère", "mètre", "meure", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is membre, spelled M-E-M-B-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partie extérieure du corps d’un être humain ou d’un animal, distinguée de toutes les autres par quelque fonction particulière. Note d’usage : Se dit principalement des bras et des jambes ; ne se dit jamais de la tête.
  2. 2
    Membre viril, pénis.
  3. 3
    Élément d’un groupe humain.
  4. 4
    Chacune des personnes qui composent un corps constitué dans l’État, une société littéraire ou savante, etc.
  5. 5
    Partie distincte d’un tout.
  6. 6
    Partie distincte d’un tout.
  7. 7
    Partie distincte d’un tout.
  8. 8
    Partie distincte d’un tout.
  9. 9
    Partie distincte d’un tout.
  10. 10
    Partie distincte d’un tout.
  11. 11
    Partie distincte d’un tout.
  12. 12
    Meuble représentant une patte animale détachée du corps dans les armoiries. À rapprocher de patte.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emmbre,mebmre,membbre,membrre,memmbre,memrbe,mmebre,mmembre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for membre

Misspelling Variants of "membre"

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Misspelling Variants of "membre"

Frequency rank: #1,034 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "membre"?
"membre" is spelled M-E-M-B-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɑ̃bʁ\.
What does "membre" mean?
As a noun, "membre" means: Partie extérieure du corps d’un être humain ou d’un animal, distinguée de toutes les autres par quelque fonction particulière. Note d’usage : Se dit principalement des bras et des jambes ; ne se di...
What words are commonly confused with "membre"?
"membre" is commonly confused with "Mère", "mètre", "meure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "membre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "membre" is \mɑ̃bʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "membre" come from?
"membre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.