meurtres

\mœʁtʁ\

/\mœʁtʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“meurtres” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,085. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,085
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-meurtres · meurtres · French

meurtres · rank #7,085 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,085
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH men

Nearest frequency peer: men (-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 « meurtres »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « meurtres » 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).

meurtres vs meutre
75% similar
meurtres vs meurtri
75% similar
meurtres vs meurtrie
75% similar

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

Key facts for meurtres
PropertyValue
Headwordmeurtres
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mœʁtʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#7,085
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « meurtres »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.meurtresse 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 « men » (#7,084), « Miller » (#7,086), « May » (#7,083). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « meurtres » est au #7,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around meurtres (IPA \mœʁtʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,085 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de meurtre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for meurtres, with forms such as "emurtres", "merutres", and "meurrtes". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "meutre", "meurtri", "meurtrie", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is meurtres, spelled M-E-U-R-T-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de meurtre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Il pousse Berkowitz dans la rue et ordonne les meurtres un à un, lui désignant ses victimes dans le quartier de Queens, où les filles sont « plus belles ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emurtres
  • merutres
  • meurrtes
  • meurrtres
  • meurters
  • meurtress
  • meurtrres
  • meurtrse
  • meurttres
  • meutrres
  • mmeurtres
  • muertres

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emurtres2merutres2meurrtes2meurrtres1meurters2meurtress1meurtrres1meurtrse2
Edit distance from "meurtres"

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 "meurtres"?
"meurtres" is spelled M-E-U-R-T-R-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mœʁtʁ\.
What does "meurtres" mean?
As a noun, "meurtres" means: Pluriel de meurtre.
What words are commonly confused with "meurtres"?
"meurtres" is commonly confused with "meutre", "meurtri", "meurtrie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meurtres"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meurtres" is \mœʁtʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meurtres" come from?
"meurtres" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

organique12 variantsexécuter12 variantscompagne12 variantsaluminium12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list