mètre

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

\mɛtʁ\

/\mɛtʁ\/ noun

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

The verdict

“mètre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,113. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,113
frequency rank, French: 5,038
“M” headwords: 7
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international, dont le symbole est m. Le mètre est défini de manière universelle depuis 1983 par la longueur du trajet parcouru par la lumière dans le vide en...

Corpus desk

Index FR-metre · mètre · French

mètre · rank #6,113 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #6,113
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 7 variants
BOOK-DENSE 5,038
PHOTO-FINISH ms

Nearest frequency peer: ms (-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.

maturité

93,891
mette

93,890
ms

93,889
mètre

93,888
Mélenchon

93,887
métrage

93,886

What this shows « mètre » 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).

mètre vs mets

40% similar

mètre vs Metz

20% similar

mètre vs more

60% similar

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

Key facts for mètre
Property	Value
Headword	mètre
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\mɛtʁ\
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#6,113
Misspellings tracked	7
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mètre »

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

#6,113

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « ms » (#6,112), « Mélenchon » (#6,114), « mette » (#6,111). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mètre » est au #6,113. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mètre (IPA \mɛtʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,113 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mètre, with forms such as "mmètre", "mtère", and "mèrte". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mets", "Metz", "more", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 mètre, spelled M-È-T-R-E.

Definition

1
Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international, dont le symbole est m. Le mètre est défini de manière universelle depuis 1983 par la longueur du trajet parcouru par la lumière dans le vide en 1/299 792 458 de seconde.
2
Instrument qui permet de mesurer cette longueur.
3
Mètre carré.
4
Mètre cube.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Nous profitons de la clarté pour faire l’ascension d'une montagne de 400 mètres de hauteur qui domine Thorshavn.
Le travail de filature consiste à retirer le fil du cocon dont la longueur est d’environ 480 mètres et à le dévider sans le briser.

This word in other languages

metre(English)metro(Español)Meter(Deutsch)metro(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

mmètre
mtère
mèrte
mèter
mètrre
mèttre
èmtre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "mètre"

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 "mètre"?

"mètre" is spelled M-È-T-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛtʁ\.

What does "mètre" mean?

As a noun, "mètre" means: Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international, dont le symbole est m. Le mètre est défini de manière universelle depuis 1983 par la longueur du trajet parcouru par la lumière dans le vide en...

What words are commonly confused with "mètre"?

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

How do you pronounce "mètre"?

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

What language does "mètre" come from?

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mette#6,111 noyau#6,118 prêté#6,129 havre#6,093

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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