mets

\mɛ\

/\mɛ\/ noun

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The verdict

“mets” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,444. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,444
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chacun des aliments apprêtés qu’on sert pour les repas.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mets · mets · French

mets · rank #1,444 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,444
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH martin

Nearest frequency peer: martin (-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 « mets »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mets » 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).

mets vs ms
50% similar
mets vs Mt
25% similar
mets vs mis
50% similar

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

Key facts for mets
PropertyValue
Headwordmets
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#1,444
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mets »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.metsse 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 « martin » (#1,443), « mi » (#1,445), « largement » (#1,442). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mets » est au #1,444. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around mets (IPA \mɛ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,444 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Chacun des aliments apprêtés qu’on sert pour les repas.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mets, with forms such as "emts", "mest", and "metss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ms", "Mt", "mis", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mets, spelled M-E-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chacun des aliments apprêtés qu’on sert pour les repas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les convives étaient placés à une table qui pliait sous le poids des mets.
  2. Au milieu, un poêle en faïence qui fumait outrageusement et dans le fourneau duquel une vieille femme accroupie cuisinait quelque mets mal odorant.

This word in other languages

dish(English)Speise(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emts
  • mest
  • metss
  • metts
  • mmets
  • mtes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emts2mest2metss1metts1mmets1mtes2
Edit distance from "mets"

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 "mets"?
"mets" is spelled M-E-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɛ\.
What does "mets" mean?
As a noun, "mets" means: Chacun des aliments apprêtés qu’on sert pour les repas.
What words are commonly confused with "mets"?
"mets" is commonly confused with "ms", "Mt", "mis". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mets"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mets" is \mɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mets" come from?
"mets" 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 "mets", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pont#1,452coin#1,435chat#1,433café#1,432

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

tirer6 variantsvoire6 variantsbuts6 variantsjeudi6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list