Mmes

\me.dam\

/\me.dam\/ noun

The verdict

“Mmes” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #42,466) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#42,466
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
2
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-mmes · Mmes · French

Mmes · rank #42,466 · 2 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #42,466
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 2 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mimosas

Nearest frequency peer: mimosas (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « Mmes »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « Mmes » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

Mmes vs ms
50% similar
Mmes vs mue
25% similar
Mmes vs mmm
25% similar

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

Key facts for Mmes
PropertyValue
HeadwordMmes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\me.dam\
Letters4
Frequency rank#42,466
Misspellings tracked2
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « Mmes »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.Mmesse 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 « mimosas » (#42,465), « moderniste » (#42,467), « militari » (#42,464). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « Mmes » est au #42,466. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for Mmes is neighbouring look-alikes ("ms", "mue", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \me.dam\. Frequency #42,466 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Pluriel de Mᵐᵉ.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 2 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mmes, including "mems" and "mmse". 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", "mue", "mmm", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Mmes, spelled M-M-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de Mᵐᵉ.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mems
  • mmse

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mems2mmse2
Edit distance from "Mmes"

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 "Mmes"?
"Mmes" is spelled M-M-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \me.dam\.
What does "Mmes" mean?
As a noun, "Mmes" means: Pluriel de Mᵐᵉ.
What words are commonly confused with "Mmes"?
"Mmes" is commonly confused with "ms", "mue", "mmm". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mmes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mmes" is \me.dam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mmes" come from?
"Mmes" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list