Mey
The verdict
“Mey” is uncommon French (frequency #68,466 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,466
- frequency rank, French
- 5,038
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prénom féminin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mey · Mey · French
Mey · rank #68,466 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,466
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,038
- PHOTO-FINISH Micah
Nearest frequency peer: Micah (+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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « Mey »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Meter
Meter
31,538 corpus weight
- MeToo
MeToo
31,537 corpus weight
- Mey
Mey
31,535 corpus weight
- Micah
Micah
31,534 corpus weight
- microcrédit
microcrédit
31,533 corpus weight
- mif
mif
31,532 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « Mey » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mey |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #68,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Mey » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Mey is uncommon French at frequency #68,466 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Prénom féminin.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Mey in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Mey, spelled M-E-Y.
Definition
- 1Prénom féminin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mey appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ce Tunisien, qui vit en France depuis cinq ans avec son épouse, a appelé sa fille Mey, pour que ce nom soit aussi facile à porter en France qu'en Afrique du Nord, « sa double culture ».
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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