Mérignac

\me.ʁi.ɲak\

/\me.ʁi.ɲak\/ name

The verdict

“Mérignac” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #37,443. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,443
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente.

Corpus desk

Index FR-merignac · Mérignac · French

Mérignac · rank #37,443 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #37,443
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mèneront

Nearest frequency peer: mèneront (-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 « Mérignac »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Mérignac » 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 Mérignac
PropertyValue
HeadwordMérignac
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\me.ʁi.ɲak\
Letters8
Frequency rank#37,443
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Mérignac »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mèneront » (#37,442), « métropolitaines » (#37,444), « myself » (#37,441). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Mérignac » est au #37,443. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Mérignac (IPA \me.ʁi.ɲak\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #37,443 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mérignac, with forms such as "merignac", "mmérignac", and "mréignac". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Mérignac, spelled M-É-R-I-G-N-A-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente.
  2. 2
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente-Maritime.
  3. 3
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Gironde.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • merignac
  • mmérignac
  • mréignac
  • méirgnac
  • mérginac
  • mériganc
  • mériggnac
  • mérignacc
  • mérignca
  • mérignnac
  • méringac
  • mérrignac
  • émrignac

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

merignac1mmérignac1mréignac2méirgnac2mérginac2mériganc2mériggnac1mérignacc1
Edit distance from "Mérignac"

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 "Mérignac"?
"Mérignac" is spelled M-É-R-I-G-N-A-C. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ʁi.ɲak\.
What does "Mérignac" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mérignac" means: Commune française, située dans le département de la Charente.
What are common misspellings of "Mérignac"?
Common misspellings include "merignac", "mmérignac", "mréignac", "méirgnac", "mérginac". The correct spelling is "Mérignac".
How do you pronounce "Mérignac"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mérignac" is \me.ʁi.ɲak\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mérignac" come from?
"Mérignac" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list