météore

Name: météore, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\me.te.ɔʁ\

/\me.te.ɔʁ\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“météore” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,914. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#41,914
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Phénomène atmosphérique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meteore · météore · French

météore · rank #41,914 · 10 variants · 5 confusables

FREQ-MID #41,914
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH Médée

Nearest frequency peer: Médée (-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.

médiatisés

58,089
Médée

58,088
météore

58,087
Nagui

58,086
nanny

58,085
napolitains

58,084

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

météore vs mètre

57% similar

météore vs mettre

57% similar

météore vs Methode

43% similar

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

Key facts for météore
Property	Value
Headword	météore
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\me.te.ɔʁ\
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#41,914
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	5
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « météore »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.météorese place ici:

#41,914

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Médée » (#41,913), « Nagui » (#41,915), « médiatisés » (#41,912). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « météore » est au #41,914. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around météore (IPA \me.te.ɔʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,914 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for météore, with forms such as "meteore", "mmétéore", and "mtééore". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "mètre", "mettre", "Methode", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is météore, spelled M-É-T-É-O-R-E.

Definition

1
Phénomène atmosphérique.
2
Corps solide qui se consume en traversant l'atmosphère.
3
Traînée lumineuse produite par l’entrée dans l’atmosphère d’un météoroïde.
4
Personne qui a une renommée éclatante, mais passagère ; chose qui fait une impression vive, mais peu durable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Le tonnerre, les éclairs, la pluie, la neige, la grêle sont des météores.
L’arc-en-ciel est un météore.

Synonyms

étoile filante

This word in other languages

meteor(English)meteoro(Español)Meteor(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

meteore
mmétéore
mtééore
métoére
méttéore
météoer
météorre
météroe
méétore
émtéore

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of météore - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "météore"

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 "météore"?

"météore" is spelled M-É-T-É-O-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.te.ɔʁ\.

What does "météore" mean?

As a noun, "météore" means: Phénomène atmosphérique.

What words are commonly confused with "météore"?

"météore" is commonly confused with "mètre", "mettre", "Methode". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "météore"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "météore" is \me.te.ɔʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "météore" come from?

"météore" 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 "météore", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Montoya#41,905 Neumann#41,924 neurone#41,925 moitiés#41,902

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

nettoyez10 variants lutteurs10 variants passable10 variants Peltier10 variants