messes

\mɛs\

/\mɛs\/ noun

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The verdict

“messes” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,500. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,500
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de messe.

Corpus desk

Index FR-messes · messes · French

messes · rank #20,500 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,500
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH McLaren

Nearest frequency peer: McLaren (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « messes »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « messes » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

messes vs mises
67% similar
messes vs messi
67% similar
messes vs Meuse
50% similar

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

Key facts for messes
PropertyValue
Headwordmesses
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛs\
Letters6
Frequency rank#20,500
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « messes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.messesse 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 « McLaren » (#20,499), « microbes » (#20,501), « MB » (#20,498). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « messes » est au #20,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around messes (IPA \mɛs\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,500 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de messe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for messes, with forms such as "emsses", "mesess", and "messess". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mises", "messi", "Meuse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is messes, spelled M-E-S-S-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de messe.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Eh bien ! tandis qu’il avait fait don de son corps à l’enseignement afin de découillonner la bande de gamins qui s’encanaillait dans les campagnes, il trompait son monde avec des manières de grand grec, en ayant gardé des messes de vieux nègres jusqu’au tréfonds de son âme.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emsses
  • mesess
  • messess
  • messse
  • mmesses
  • mseses

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of messes - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

emsses2mesess2messess1messse2mmesses1mseses2
Edit distance from "messes"

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 "messes"?
"messes" is spelled M-E-S-S-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛs\.
What does "messes" mean?
As a noun, "messes" means: Pluriel de messe.
What words are commonly confused with "messes"?
"messes" is commonly confused with "mises", "messi", "Meuse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "messes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "messes" is \mɛs\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "messes" come from?
"messes" 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 "messes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

matter#20,497mirent#20,503mèches#20,508négoce#20,511

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

lock6 variantsproue6 variantsskin6 variantsturn6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list