mener

\mə.ne\

/\mə.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“mener” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,682. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,682
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conduire quelqu’un vers un être ou une chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mener · mener · French

mener · rank #2,682 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,682
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH lourd

Nearest frequency peer: lourd (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mener »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mener » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mener vs mer
60% similar
mener vs Mère
20% similar
mener vs mine
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mener
PropertyValue
Headwordmener
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mə.ne\
Letters5
Frequency rank#2,682
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mener »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.menerse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « lourd » (#2,681), « micro » (#2,683), « mont » (#2,684). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mener » est au #2,682. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mener (IPA \mə.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,682 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 15 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mener, with forms such as "emner", "meenr", and "menerr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mer", "Mère", "mine", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mener, spelled M-E-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conduire quelqu’un vers un être ou une chose.
  2. 2
    Aller, se diriger vers, en parlant d’un chemin, d’une route.
  3. 3
    Conduire par force en quelque endroit.
  4. 4
    Diriger, entraîner à sa suite.
  5. 5
    Diriger, conduire des animaux.
  6. 6
    Diriger un véhicule, une embarcation.
  7. 7
    Voiturer quelqu’un ou quelque chose.
  8. 8
    Se faire accompagner de ou par.
  9. 9
    Faire agir, gouverner quelqu’un à sa guise.
  10. 10
    Forcer à suivre.
  11. 11
    Diriger, déterminer les hommes.
  12. 12
    Administrer, diriger, en parlant des choses.
  13. 13
    Diriger le développement de quelque chose.
  14. 14
    Avoir un meilleur score que l’adversaire au cours d’un match.
  15. 15
    Lancer le but et entamer la partie ou une nouvelle manche (appelée de ce fait une « mène »).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quand je la menai à l’autel, j’étais bien convaincu que ma femme l’emportait en beauté sur toutes les femmes belles de la terre […]
  2. L’évêque de Luçon ! s’exclama la jeune fille en tressaillant. Menez-moi à lui, monsieur, oh ! je vous en prie…

This word in other languages

lead(English)liderar(Español)führen(Deutsch)levar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emner
  • meenr
  • menerr
  • menner
  • menre
  • mmener
  • mneer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mener - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emner2meenr2menerr1menner1menre2mmener1mneer2
Edit distance from "mener"

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 "mener"?
"mener" is spelled M-E-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mə.ne\.
What does "mener" mean?
As a verb, "mener" means: Conduire quelqu’un vers un être ou une chose.
What words are commonly confused with "mener"?
"mener" is commonly confused with "mer", "Mère", "mine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mener"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mener" is \mə.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mener" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mener", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

lourd#2,681micro#2,683Harry#2,679poche#2,689

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

réelle7 variantsvallée7 variantsclés7 variantscivil7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list