méningite

\me.nɛ̃.ʒit\

/\me.nɛ̃.ʒit\/ noun

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The verdict

“méningite” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #27,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,536
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nom générique donné aux diverses inflammations des méninges.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meningite · méningite · French

méningite · rank #27,536 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,536
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH médiateurs

Nearest frequency peer: médiateurs (-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 « méningite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « méningite » 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
Key facts for méningite
PropertyValue
Headwordméningite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.nɛ̃.ʒit\
Letters9
Frequency rank#27,536
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « méningite »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).méningitese 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 « médiateurs » (#27,535), « naïvement » (#27,537), « méchamment » (#27,534). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « méningite » est au #27,536. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around méningite (IPA \me.nɛ̃.ʒit\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,536 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nom générique donné aux diverses inflammations des méninges.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for méningite, with forms such as "meningite", "mméningite", and "mnéingite". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 méningite, spelled M-É-N-I-N-G-I-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nom générique donné aux diverses inflammations des méninges.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il ne m’avait été que trop facile de constater les symptômes d’une méningite aiguë. Je prescrivis des révulsifs aux pieds et des sangsues derrière les oreilles.
  2. Un réserviste du 6ᵉ dragons rentre dans sa famille, dans le Calvados, le 15 février 1909. Il s'alite le 16 et le 17 pour une angine légère. Le 22 février, sa jeune domestique, âgée de quatorze ans, est prise de méningite.

This word in other languages

meningitis(English)meningitis(Español)Meningitis(Deutsch)meningite(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • meningite
  • mméningite
  • mnéingite
  • méinngite
  • ménignite
  • méninggite
  • méningiet
  • méningitte
  • méningtie
  • méninigte
  • méninngite
  • ménnigite
  • ménningite
  • émningite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of méningite - 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.

meningite1mméningite1mnéingite2méinngite2ménignite2méninggite1méningiet2méningitte1
Edit distance from "méningite"

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 "méningite"?
"méningite" is spelled M-É-N-I-N-G-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.nɛ̃.ʒit\.
What does "méningite" mean?
As a noun, "méningite" means: Nom générique donné aux diverses inflammations des méninges.
What are common misspellings of "méningite"?
Common misspellings include "meningite", "mméningite", "mnéingite", "méinngite", "ménignite". The correct spelling is "méningite".
How do you pronounce "méningite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "méningite" is \me.nɛ̃.ʒit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "méningite" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

naïvement#27,537mutinerie#27,530Mackenzie#27,510rapatrier#27,590

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

philologie14 variantsreconduire14 variantsrenoncent14 variantsrequérant14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list