méprends

\me.pʁɑ̃\

/\me.pʁɑ̃\/ verb

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The verdict

“méprends” is uncommon French (frequency #70,871 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,871
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de méprendre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meprends · méprends · French

méprends · rank #70,871 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,871
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mériterais

Nearest frequency peer: mériterais (+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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « méprends »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « méprends » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for méprends
PropertyValue
Headwordméprends
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\me.pʁɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,871
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « méprends » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.méprendstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « mériterais » (#70,872), « méconnaissables » (#70,869), « métallurgistes » (#70,873). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « méprends » est au #70,871. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

méprends is uncommon French at frequency #70,871 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \me.pʁɑ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for méprends in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is méprends, spelled M-É-P-R-E-N-D-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de méprendre.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de méprendre.
  3. 3
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif de méprendre.

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 "méprends"?
"méprends" is spelled M-É-P-R-E-N-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is \me.pʁɑ̃\.
What does "méprends" mean?
As a verb, "méprends" means: Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de méprendre.
How do you pronounce "méprends"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "méprends" is \me.pʁɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "méprends" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list