MEZ

noun

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The verdict

“MEZ” is uncommon French (frequency #87,843 among 5,038 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,843
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - CET.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mez · MEZ · French

MEZ · rank #87,843 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,843
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH microéconomie

Nearest frequency peer: microéconomie (+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 « MEZ »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « MEZ » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for MEZ
PropertyValue
HeadwordMEZ
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#87,843
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « MEZ » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).MEZtombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « microéconomie » (#87,844), « meulière » (#87,841), « mesureur » (#87,840). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « MEZ » est au #87,843. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

MEZ is uncommon French at frequency #87,843 among 5,038 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "CET.".

MEZ doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 MEZ, spelled M-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    CET.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. MEZ = UTC +1

Antonyms

MESZ

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 "MEZ"?
"MEZ" is spelled M-E-Z.
What does "MEZ" mean?
As a noun, "MEZ" means: CET.
What language does "MEZ" come from?
"MEZ" 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 "MEZ", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

LPs#87,815nag#87,874não#87,898jtm#87,772

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list