mesme
The verdict
“mesme” is uncommon French (frequency #59,443 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,443
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante de même.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mesme |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,443 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mesme” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mesme is uncommon French at frequency #59,443 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante de même.".
mesme doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mesme, spelled M-E-S-M-E.
Definition
- 1Variante de même.
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.
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Using “mesme”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-S-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.