meringue

\mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ\

/\mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ\/ noun

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The verdict

“meringue” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #48,044. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#48,044
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sorte de pâtisserie très légère faite avec des blancs d’œuf et du sucre en poudre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meringue · meringue · French

meringue · rank #48,044 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #48,044
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mercis

Nearest frequency peer: mercis (-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 « meringue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « meringue » 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 meringue
PropertyValue
Headwordmeringue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#48,044
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « meringue »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).meringuese 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 « mercis » (#48,043), « miaou » (#48,045), « menhir » (#48,042). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « meringue » est au #48,044. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around meringue (IPA \mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,044 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for meringue, with forms such as "emringue", "meirngue", and "merignue". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is meringue, spelled M-E-R-I-N-G-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sorte de pâtisserie très légère faite avec des blancs d’œuf et du sucre en poudre.
  2. 2
    Appareil utilisé pour cette pâtisserie, utilisé comme base pour de nombreuses préparations.
  3. 3
    Coiffure, vêtement, évoquant l’aspect d’une meringue.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how meringue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Jamais votre bouche charmante n'aspira la suavité d’une meringue à la vanille ou à la rose ; à peine vous élevâtes-vous jusqu'au pain d'épice.
  2. Hors mes robes de tous les jours, de vraies robes de concierge, je n’ai qu’une sorte de meringue blanche nuptiale ensevelie de naphtaline et une chasuble noir lugubre dont j’use pour les rares enterrements auxquels on me convie.

This word in other languages

meringue(English)merengue(Español)Baiser(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emringue
  • meirngue
  • merignue
  • meringeu
  • meringgue
  • merinngue
  • merinuge
  • mernigue
  • merringue
  • mmeringue
  • mreingue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meringue - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emringue2meirngue2merignue2meringeu2meringgue1merinngue1merinuge2mernigue2
Edit distance from "meringue"

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 "meringue"?
"meringue" is spelled M-E-R-I-N-G-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ\.
What does "meringue" mean?
As a noun, "meringue" means: Sorte de pâtisserie très légère faite avec des blancs d’œuf et du sucre en poudre.
What are common misspellings of "meringue"?
Common misspellings include "emringue", "meirngue", "merignue", "meringeu", "meringgue". The correct spelling is "meringue".
How do you pronounce "meringue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meringue" is \mə.ʁɛ̃ɡ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meringue" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list