meure

\mœʁ\

/\mœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“meure” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,941. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,941
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Graphie ancienne de mûre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meure · meure · French

meure · rank #22,941 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,941
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH merle

Nearest frequency peer: merle (-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 « meure »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « meure » 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).

meure vs mur
60% similar
meure vs mue
60% similar
meure vs murs
60% similar

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

Key facts for meure
PropertyValue
Headwordmeure
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mœʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#22,941
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « meure »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.meurese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « merle » (#22,940), « meurtrières » (#22,942), « mein » (#22,939). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « meure » est au #22,941. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around meure (IPA \mœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,941 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Graphie ancienne de mûre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for meure, with forms such as "emure", "merue", and "meuer". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mur", "mue", "murs", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is meure, spelled M-E-U-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Graphie ancienne de mûre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le Meurier produit les meures : elles doivent être noires pour être à leur maturité; les meures sont saines & agréables au goût, on en fait des sirops.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emure
  • merue
  • meuer
  • meurre
  • mmeure
  • muere

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emure2merue2meuer2meurre1mmeure1muere2
Edit distance from "meure"

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 "meure"?
"meure" is spelled M-E-U-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mœʁ\.
What does "meure" mean?
As a noun, "meure" means: Graphie ancienne de mûre.
What words are commonly confused with "meure"?
"meure" is commonly confused with "mur", "mue", "murs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meure"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meure" is \mœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meure" come from?
"meure" 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 "meure", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

merle#22,940muets#22,948manne#22,931negro#22,951

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

mûre6 variantsluck6 variantsPayne6 variantskart6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list