méritez

\me.ʁi.te\

/\me.ʁi.te\/ verb

The verdict

“méritez” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,348. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,348
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mériter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meritez · méritez · French

méritez · rank #19,348 · 11 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,348
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH NBC

Nearest frequency peer: NBC (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “méritez”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “méritez” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

méritez vs mettez
57% similar
méritez vs Moritz
57% similar
méritez vs mérite
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for méritez
PropertyValue
Headwordméritez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\me.ʁi.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,348
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Où “méritez” se place dans la fréquence du français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).méritezse 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 « NBC » (#19,349), « Neuchâtel » (#19,350), « Mozambique » (#19,345). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around méritez (IPA \me.ʁi.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,348 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for méritez, with forms such as "meritez", "mméritez", and "mréitez". 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 also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "mettez", "Moritz", "mérite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is méritez, spelled M-É-R-I-T-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mériter.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de mériter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Attendez-vous à des compliments. Vous les méritez pleinement et vous avez encore plein d'autres projets à réaliser !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • meritez
  • mméritez
  • mréitez
  • méirtez
  • mérietz
  • méritezz
  • mérittez
  • méritze
  • mérritez
  • mértiez
  • émritez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of méritez - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

meritez1mméritez1mréitez2méirtez2mérietz2méritezz1mérittez1méritze2
Edit distance from "méritez"

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 "méritez"?
"méritez" is spelled M-É-R-I-T-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \me.ʁi.te\.
What does "méritez" mean?
As a verb, "méritez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mériter.
What words are commonly confused with "méritez"?
"méritez" is commonly confused with "mettez", "Moritz", "mérite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "méritez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "méritez" is \me.ʁi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "méritez" come from?
"méritez" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

What to do next

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  • "méritez" maps to 13 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mettez". View pair
  • 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #19,348 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more French words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list