merengues
\me.ʁɛn.ɡe\
The verdict
“merengues” is uncommon French (frequency #98,244 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,244
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel de merengue.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | merengues |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \me.ʁɛn.ɡe\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #98,244 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “merengues” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
merengues is uncommon French at frequency #98,244 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \me.ʁɛn.ɡe\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de merengue.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for merengues, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is merengues, spelled M-E-R-E-N-G-U-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de merengue.
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 “merengues”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-R-E-N-G-U-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.