mériterais

\me.ʁi.tə.ʁɛ\

/\me.ʁi.tə.ʁɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“mériterais” is uncommon French (frequency #70,872 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,872
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de mériter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meriterais · mériterais · French

mériterais · rank #70,872 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,872
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH méprends

Nearest frequency peer: méprends (-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 « mériterais »

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mériterais
PropertyValue
Headwordmériterais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\me.ʁi.tə.ʁɛ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#70,872
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mériterais » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.mériteraistombe 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: « méprends » (#70,871), « métallurgistes » (#70,873), « méconnaissables » (#70,869). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mériterais » est au #70,872. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mériterais is uncommon French at frequency #70,872 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \me.ʁi.tə.ʁɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for mériterais in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mériterais, spelled M-É-R-I-T-E-R-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de mériter.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de mériter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Tu as été bien outrecuidant de prêter de l’argent au comte d’Esgrignon ? tu mériterais que je te le rendisse à l’instant et que nous ne te vissions jamais, car tu as donné des ailes à ses vices.

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 "mériterais"?
"mériterais" is spelled M-É-R-I-T-E-R-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ʁi.tə.ʁɛ\.
What does "mériterais" mean?
As a verb, "mériterais" means: Première personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de mériter.
How do you pronounce "mériterais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mériterais" is \me.ʁi.tə.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mériterais" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list