mesurer

\mə.zy.ʁe\

/\mə.zy.ʁe\/ verb

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The verdict

“mesurer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,780. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,780
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Chercher à connaître, ou déterminer une quantité par le moyen d’une mesure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mesurer · mesurer · French

mesurer · rank #4,780 · 9 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,780
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Metz

Nearest frequency peer: Metz (+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 « mesurer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mesurer » 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).

mesurer vs meure
71% similar
mesurer vs mesures
86% similar
mesurer vs mesure
86% similar

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

Key facts for mesurer
PropertyValue
Headwordmesurer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mə.zy.ʁe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,780
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mesurer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mesurerse 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 « Metz » (#4,781), « manquent » (#4,778), « monument » (#4,782). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mesurer » est au #4,780. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mesurer (IPA \mə.zy.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,780 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mesurer, with forms such as "emsurer", "mesruer", and "messurer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "meure", "mesures", "mesure", 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, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is mesurer, spelled M-E-S-U-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Chercher à connaître, ou déterminer une quantité par le moyen d’une mesure.
  2. 2
    Proportionner.
  3. 3
    Régler avec sagesse, avec circonspection.
  4. 4
    Avoir comme mesure.
  5. 5
    Lutter contre ; se comparer à ; vouloir s’égaler à.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On nomme baromètres des instruments propres à mesurer la pression atmosphérique. Dans les baromètres ordinaires, cette pression est mesurée par la hauteur d’une colonne de mercure dans un tube de verre, comme dans l’expérience de Torricelli ; […].
  2. — Le ministre mesurera le degré d’adhésion de la population à son plan avant de le mettre en œuvre.

This word in other languages

measure(English)medir(Español)messen(Deutsch)medir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emsurer
  • mesruer
  • messurer
  • mesuerr
  • mesurerr
  • mesurrer
  • meusrer
  • mmesurer
  • mseurer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emsurer2mesruer2messurer1mesuerr2mesurerr1mesurrer1meusrer2mmesurer1
Edit distance from "mesurer"

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 "mesurer"?
"mesurer" is spelled M-E-S-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mə.zy.ʁe\.
What does "mesurer" mean?
As a verb, "mesurer" means: Chercher à connaître, ou déterminer une quantité par le moyen d’une mesure.
What words are commonly confused with "mesurer"?
"mesurer" is commonly confused with "meure", "mesures", "mesure". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mesurer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mesurer" is \mə.zy.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mesurer" come from?
"mesurer" 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 "mesurer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

prenait#4,788prévenu#4,794décrire#4,751séparer#4,811

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

placée9 variantspromet9 variantsgrandi9 variantsgestes9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list