métisse

\me.tis\

/\me.tis\/ noun

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The verdict

“métisse” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #29,055. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#29,055
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Femme née de parents d’origine différentes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-metisse · métisse · French

métisse · rank #29,055 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #29,055
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Médine

Nearest frequency peer: Médine (-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 « métisse »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « métisse » 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).

métisse vs mutisme
71% similar
métisse vs messe
57% similar
métisse vs métis
71% similar

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

Key facts for métisse
PropertyValue
Headwordmétisse
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.tis\
Letters7
Frequency rank#29,055
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « métisse »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.métissese 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 « Médine » (#29,054), « naturalistes » (#29,056), « médaillée » (#29,053). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « métisse » est au #29,055. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around métisse (IPA \me.tis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,055 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Femme née de parents d’origine différentes.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for métisse, with forms such as "metisse", "mmétisse", and "mtéisse". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "mutisme", "messe", "métis", 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is métisse, spelled M-É-T-I-S-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Femme née de parents d’origine différentes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Parmi les plus jolies esclaves de cette habitation, on remarquait une métisse de quinze ans, nommée Cecily.
  2. Oh ! Matez ma métisse ! Oh ! Ma métisse est nue !

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • metisse
  • mmétisse
  • mtéisse
  • méitsse
  • métise
  • métises
  • métsise
  • méttisse
  • émtisse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

metisse1mmétisse1mtéisse2méitsse2métise1métises2métsise2méttisse1
Edit distance from "métisse"

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 "métisse"?
"métisse" is spelled M-É-T-I-S-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is \me.tis\.
What does "métisse" mean?
As a noun, "métisse" means: Femme née de parents d’origine différentes.
What words are commonly confused with "métisse"?
"métisse" is commonly confused with "mutisme", "messe", "métis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "métisse"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "métisse" is \me.tis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "métisse" come from?
"métisse" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "métisse", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

monteur#29,047monceau#29,046ombrage#29,064mollets#29,045

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Médine9 variantsmorton9 variantspereira9 variantspincée9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list