méprendre
\me.pʁɑ̃dʁ\
The verdict
“méprendre” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #36,505 in French word frequency and used as a verb.
- #36,505
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se tromper, prendre une personne ou une chose pour une autre.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | méprendre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \me.pʁɑ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #36,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “méprendre” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for méprendre is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \me.pʁɑ̃dʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #36,505 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for méprendre, with forms such as "meprendre", "mméprendre", and "mpérendre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is méprendre, spelled M-É-P-R-E-N-D-R-E.
Definition
- 1Se tromper, prendre une personne ou une chose pour une autre.
- 2Se dit à une personne qui semble s’oublier et manquer de respect.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: meprendre,mméprendre,mpérendre,méperndre,mépprendre,méprednre,méprenddre,méprender,méprendrre,méprenndre,méprenrde,méprnedre,méprrendre,mérpendre,émprendre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of méprendre - 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.
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.
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Using “méprendre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-É-P-R-E-N-D-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \me.pʁɑ̃dʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.