mesureur

\mə.zy.ʁœʁ\

/\mə.zy.ʁœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“mesureur” is uncommon French (frequency #87,840 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,840
frequency rank, French
202,672
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qui sert à mesurer.

Key facts for mesureur
PropertyValue
Headwordmesureur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mə.zy.ʁœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#87,840
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mesureur” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mesureur lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mesureur is uncommon French at frequency #87,840 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mə.zy.ʁœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui sert à mesurer.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mesureur, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mesureur, spelled M-E-S-U-R-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui sert à mesurer.

This word in other languages

measuring(English)midiendo(Español)

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 "mesureur"?
"mesureur" is spelled M-E-S-U-R-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mə.zy.ʁœʁ\.
What does "mesureur" mean?
As an adjective, "mesureur" means: Qui sert à mesurer.
How do you pronounce "mesureur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mesureur" is \mə.zy.ʁœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mesureur" come from?
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Using “mesureur”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct French spelling is M-E-S-U-R-E-U-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \mə.zy.ʁœʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words

Other uncommon French words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list