Messer
\ˈmɛ.sɐ\
The verdict
“Messer” is uncommon French (frequency #63,924 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,924
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Couteau, outil tranchant ou pointu.
Corpus desk
Index FR-messer · Messer · French
Messer · rank #63,924 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,924
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Mercie
Nearest frequency peer: Mercie (-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 « Messer »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- memoriam
memoriam
36,080 corpus weight
- menuet
menuet
36,079 corpus weight
- Mercie
Mercie
36,078 corpus weight
- Messer
Messer
36,077 corpus weight
- Messiaen
Messiaen
36,076 corpus weight
- microproces…
microprocesseurs
36,074 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Messer » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Messer |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈmɛ.sɐ\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,924 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Messer » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Messer is uncommon French at frequency #63,924 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈmɛ.sɐ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Messer, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Messer, spelled M-E-S-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Couteau, outil tranchant ou pointu.
- 2Couteau.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Messer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nehmen Sie ein Messer und schneiden Sie diese Schnur durch.
Groß ist er, der Croque Monsieur, den mir der Kellner auf den kleinen Bistro-Tisch im Pariser Stadtteil Saint-Germain-des-Prés stellt. (...) Dennoch empfiehlt es sich, das Sandwich mit Messer und Gabel zu essen, denn es ist eine ziemlich fettige Angelegenheit.
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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