meute

\møt\

/\møt\/ noun

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The verdict

“meute” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,633. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,633
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troupe de chiens courants dressés pour la vénerie ou chasse à courre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meute · meute · French

meute · rank #13,633 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,633
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH menacent

Nearest frequency peer: menacent (-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 « meute »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « meute » 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).

meute vs mue
60% similar
meute vs muse
60% similar
meute vs mûre
40% similar

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

Key facts for meute
PropertyValue
Headwordmeute
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\møt\
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,633
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « meute »

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « menacent » (#13,632), « mexicains » (#13,634), « marqueur » (#13,631). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « meute » est au #13,633. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around meute (IPA \møt\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,633 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for meute, with forms such as "emute", "metue", and "meuet". 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, "mue", "muse", "mûre", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 meute, spelled M-E-U-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troupe de chiens courants dressés pour la vénerie ou chasse à courre.
  2. 2
    Troupe de chiens courants dressés pour la vénerie ou chasse à courre.
  3. 3
    Troupe de personnes acharnées contre quelqu’un.
  4. 4
    Groupe de louveteaux.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il faut que les piqueurs aient l’œil à terre dans tous les lieux où ils croiront de pouvoir en revoir, afin d’aider à leurs chiens, & s’assurer que c’est le cerf de la meute qu’ils chassent.
  2. Car la région que nous traversons est assez giboyeuse, et les grands nemrods de la m’halla, […], qui ont emmené des meutes de lévriers et des faucons chasseurs, font des hécatombes de lièvres, de perdrix, de poules de Carthage, de renards et de chacals.

Synonyms

bandefoulehordetroupe

This word in other languages

pack(English)jauría(Español)Rotte(Deutsch)matilha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emute
  • metue
  • meuet
  • meutte
  • mmeute
  • muete

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emute2metue2meuet2meutte1mmeute1muete2
Edit distance from "meute"

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 "meute"?
"meute" is spelled M-E-U-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \møt\.
What does "meute" mean?
As a noun, "meute" means: Troupe de chiens courants dressés pour la vénerie ou chasse à courre.
What words are commonly confused with "meute"?
"meute" is commonly confused with "mue", "muse", "mûre". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meute"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meute" is \møt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meute" come from?
"meute" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

larme#13,628Klein#13,627nains#13,642nœuds#13,647

Similar misspelling depth

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

perde6 variantsexode6 variantsraids6 variantsrelou6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list