méprisent

\me.pʁiz\

/\me.pʁiz\/ verb

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The verdict

“méprisent” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,713. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,713
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mépriser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meprisent · méprisent · French

méprisent · rank #30,713 · 15 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,713
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mutilations

Nearest frequency peer: mutilations (-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 « méprisent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « méprisent » 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).

méprisent vs méritent
78% similar
méprisent vs mépriser
78% similar
méprisent vs méprisés
67% similar

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

Key facts for méprisent
PropertyValue
Headwordméprisent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\me.pʁiz\
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,713
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « méprisent »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mutilations » (#30,712), « narcissisme » (#30,714), « Nativité » (#30,715). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « méprisent » est au #30,713. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around méprisent (IPA \me.pʁiz\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,713 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for méprisent, with forms such as "meprisent", "mméprisent", and "mpérisent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "méritent", "mépriser", "méprisés", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 méprisent, spelled M-É-P-R-I-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mépriser.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de mépriser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • meprisent
  • mméprisent
  • mpérisent
  • mépirsent
  • mépprisent
  • mépriesnt
  • méprisennt
  • méprisentt
  • méprisetn
  • méprisnet
  • méprissent
  • méprrisent
  • méprsient
  • mérpisent
  • émprisent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of méprisent - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

meprisent1mméprisent1mpérisent2mépirsent2mépprisent1mépriesnt2méprisennt1méprisentt1
Edit distance from "méprisent"

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 "méprisent"?
"méprisent" is spelled M-É-P-R-I-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \me.pʁiz\.
What does "méprisent" mean?
As a verb, "méprisent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mépriser.
What words are commonly confused with "méprisent"?
"méprisent" is commonly confused with "méritent", "mépriser", "méprisés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "méprisent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "méprisent" is \me.pʁiz\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "méprisent" come from?
"méprisent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

monarques#30,707mobilités#30,706membranes#30,704orientent#30,726

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

narcissisme15 variantsmultijoueur15 variantsnécessitait15 variantsmanquantes15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list