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“Meyer” and “Meyers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,086
“Meyer” frequency rank
#41,896
“Meyers” frequency rank
55982
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Meyer Meyers
Definition Nom de famille allemand, répandu en Alsace et en Lorraine (surtout en Moselle), nom de famille néerlandais. Nom de famille.

Letter map: Meyer vs Meyers

Shared letters muted; letters that set Meyer and Meyers apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch
Meyer
6 ch
Meyers

Corpus notes: Meyer and Meyers

Meyer and Meyers are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Meyer” sits inside “Meyers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Meyer is recorded at frequency rank #14,086, classified as aname. Meyers is at rank #41,896, tagged as aname, pronounced \ˈmɑɪɐs\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 55982, this pair ranks #123,952 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Meyer vs Meyers

Shared letters: emry. Private to "Meyer": -. Private to "Meyers": s.

"Meyer" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC  ·  "Meyers" · 6 letters · shape CVVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Meyeremyer · meeyr · meyerr · meyre · meyyer · mmeyer · myeer
  • Meyersemyers · meeyrs · meyerrs · meyerss · meyesr · meyres · meyyers · mmeyers

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Meyer" and "Meyers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Meyer” sits inside “Meyers”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Meyer" or "Meyers"?
"Meyer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,086 in our French list, against #41,896 for "Meyers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Meyer" vs "Meyers" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Meyer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Meyers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #123,952 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Meyer" and "Meyers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier vs Meyers". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #123,952 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list