meten
\ˈme.ten\
The verdict
“meten” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de meter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | meten |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈme.ten\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “meten” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
meten is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈme.ten\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de meter.".
meten has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is meten, spelled M-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de meter.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “meten”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-E-T-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ˈme.ten\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.