meneur

\mə.nœʁ\

/\mə.nœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“meneur” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,509. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,509
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui mène.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meneur · meneur · French

meneur · rank #14,509 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,509
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Meaux

Nearest frequency peer: Meaux (-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 « meneur »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « meneur » 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).

meneur vs menu
67% similar
meneur vs meur
67% similar
meneur vs menus
67% similar

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

Key facts for meneur
PropertyValue
Headwordmeneur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mə.nœʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#14,509
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « meneur »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).meneurse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Meaux » (#14,508), « mentales » (#14,510), « maximal » (#14,507). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « meneur » est au #14,509. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around meneur (IPA \mə.nœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,509 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for meneur, with forms such as "emneur", "meenur", and "meneru". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "menu", "meur", "menus", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is meneur, spelled M-E-N-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui mène.
  2. 2
    Celui qui mène des animaux.
  3. 3
    Celui qui amène les nourrices aux bureaux qui se chargent de leur procurer des nourrissons.
  4. 4
    Celui qui, dans une société, une réunion, une entreprise, prend de l’ascendant sur les autres et les guide.
  5. 5
    Inspirateur d’une intrigue, d’une faction.
  6. 6
    Joueur qui dirige son équipe.
  7. 7
    Personne qui dirige et mène un attelage équestre.
  8. 8
    Meneur de chiens.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais le « petit » Antoine, lui, il était insubmersible. Une vraie force de la nature, grand comme un chêne et dur comme un roc. Volubile et débordant de vie, il avait tout d’un meneur d’hommes. Ce que la vie ne lui avait pas donné, il allait le chercher avec les dents. Rien ni personne ne lui résistait, et bien sûr, il faisait se morfondre d’amour toutes…
  2. Ni l’un ni l’autre des béliers qui pénétraient dans l’arène par le portillon étroit ne cherchait à dominer, bousculer, imposer son excellence en passant d’abord. Ils se suivirent sagement. Le premier à entrer fut celui que son meneur tira par une corne.

Synonyms

chef de file

This word in other languages

agitator(English)instigador(Español)Macher(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emneur
  • meenur
  • meneru
  • meneurr
  • menneur
  • menuer
  • mmeneur
  • mneeur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meneur - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emneur2meenur2meneru2meneurr1menneur1menuer2mmeneur1mneeur2
Edit distance from "meneur"

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 "meneur"?
"meneur" is spelled M-E-N-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mə.nœʁ\.
What does "meneur" mean?
As a noun, "meneur" means: Celui qui mène.
What words are commonly confused with "meneur"?
"meneur" is commonly confused with "menu", "meur", "menus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meneur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meneur" is \mə.nœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meneur" come from?
"meneur" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list