merisier

\mə.ʁi.zje\

/\mə.ʁi.zje\/ noun

The verdict

“merisier” is uncommon French (frequency #83,157 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#83,157
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbre forestier de la famille des rosacées.

Corpus desk

Index FR-merisier · merisier · French

merisier · rank #83,157 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #83,157
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mercatique

Nearest frequency peer: mercatique (-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 « merisier »

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 « merisier » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for merisier
PropertyValue
Headwordmerisier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mə.ʁi.zje\
Letters8
Frequency rank#83,157
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « merisier » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).merisiertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « mercatique » (#83,156), « mentionnera » (#83,155), « meli » (#83,153). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « merisier » est au #83,157. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

merisier is uncommon French at frequency #83,157 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \mə.ʁi.zje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for merisier, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is merisier, spelled M-E-R-I-S-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbre forestier de la famille des rosacées.
  2. 2
    Bois de cet arbre.
  3. 3
    Bouleau à sombre écorce d’Amérique du Nord (Betula alleghaniensis) ; bouleau jaune ou bouleau merisier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le reste de l’ameublement se composait de six chaises en bois de merisier.
  2. Pipe en merisier.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "merisier"?
"merisier" is spelled M-E-R-I-S-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mə.ʁi.zje\.
What does "merisier" mean?
As a noun, "merisier" means: Arbre forestier de la famille des rosacées.
How do you pronounce "merisier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merisier" is \mə.ʁi.zje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merisier" come from?
"merisier" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list