métis
\me.tis\
The verdict
“métis” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #18,806 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #18,806
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui est né de parents d’origines différentes.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | métis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \me.tis\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #18,806 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “métis” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for métis is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \me.tis\. Corpus data places it at rank #18,806 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for métis, with forms such as "metis", "mmétis", and "mtéis". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mis", "mois", "mots", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is métis, spelled M-É-T-I-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Qui est né de parents d’origines différentes.
- 2Qui appartient à la culture des Métis de l'Ouest canadien, peuple autochtone descendant des Européens et des Autochtones des Prairies canadiennes.
- 3Qui sont engendrés de deux races ou de deux variétés, en parlant de certains animaux.
- 4Qui sont nés du mélange de deux formes de la même espèce, en parlant des fleurs et des fruits.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: metis,mmétis,mtéis,méits,métiss,métsi,méttis,émtis
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of métis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “métis”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-É-T-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \me.tis\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “mis” - see the side-by-side comparison. métis vs mis
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Nearby French words
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