messier

\me.sje\

/\me.sje\/ noun

The verdict

“messier” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,895. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,895
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Garde préposé à la sureté des récoltes, à la garde des fruits quand ils commencent à murir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-messier · messier · French

messier · rank #39,895 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,895
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mathurin

Nearest frequency peer: mathurin (-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 « messier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « messier » 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).

messier vs métier
57% similar
messier vs mesurer
71% similar
messier vs meunier
71% similar

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

Key facts for messier
PropertyValue
Headwordmessier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.sje\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,895
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « messier »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).messierse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mathurin » (#39,894), « mijoter » (#39,896), « manigances » (#39,893). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « messier » est au #39,895. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around messier (IPA \me.sje\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,895 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for messier, with forms such as "emssier", "mesier", and "mesiser". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "métier", "mesurer", "meunier", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is messier, spelled M-E-S-S-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Garde préposé à la sureté des récoltes, à la garde des fruits quand ils commencent à murir.
  2. 2
    Titre d’un ancien dignitaire de l’église de Cambrai, chargé de faire garder les blés du chapitre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Partout, ou presque, le messier, garde des moissons, est nécessaire.
  2. Cet enfant a été surpris cueillant des raisins par les messiers.

Synonyms

garde-messierbanvard

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emssier
  • mesier
  • mesiser
  • messeir
  • messierr
  • mmessier
  • msesier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of messier - 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.

emssier2mesier1mesiser2messeir2messierr1mmessier1msesier2
Edit distance from "messier"

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 "messier"?
"messier" is spelled M-E-S-S-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \me.sje\.
What does "messier" mean?
As a noun, "messier" means: Garde préposé à la sureté des récoltes, à la garde des fruits quand ils commencent à murir.
What words are commonly confused with "messier"?
"messier" is commonly confused with "métier", "mesurer", "meunier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "messier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "messier" is \me.sje\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "messier" come from?
"messier" 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 "messier", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list