meurtri

\mœʁ.tʁi\

/\mœʁ.tʁi\/ adj

The verdict

“meurtri” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #34,188. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,188
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est marqué d'une meurtrissure.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meurtri · meurtri · French

meurtri · rank #34,188 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,188
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH metropolitan

Nearest frequency peer: metropolitan (-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 « meurtri »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « meurtri » 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).

meurtri vs meutre
71% similar
meurtri vs meurtrie
88% similar
meurtri vs meurtrier
78% similar

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

Key facts for meurtri
PropertyValue
Headwordmeurtri
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mœʁ.tʁi\
Letters7
Frequency rank#34,188
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « meurtri »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « metropolitan » (#34,187), « mexicaines » (#34,189), « microscopique » (#34,190). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « meurtri » est au #34,188. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around meurtri (IPA \mœʁ.tʁi\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #34,188 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est marqué d'une meurtrissure.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for meurtri, with forms such as "emurtri", "merutri", and "meurrti". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "meutre", "meurtrie", "meurtrier", 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 meurtri, spelled M-E-U-R-T-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est marqué d'une meurtrissure.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. D'autres seront déportés pour fait de résistance : Benoît Jean, Bombardier Gabriel, Vouaux Jean. Souvent, dans un état de délabrement physique à leur retour, ils retrouveront leur village meurtri, par l’occupation et les luttes qui y eurent lieu.
  2. Elle était sans doute malheureuse, que lui manquait-il ? Son amant perdu, ceux qu'elle a eus et qui l'ont quittée à leur tour ? Ses aventures sans lendemain dont elle est sortie plus meurtrie que grandie ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emurtri
  • merutri
  • meurrti
  • meurrtri
  • meurtir
  • meurtrri
  • meurttri
  • meutrri
  • mmeurtri
  • muertri

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meurtri - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emurtri2merutri2meurrti2meurrtri1meurtir2meurtrri1meurttri1meutrri2
Edit distance from "meurtri"

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 "meurtri"?
"meurtri" is spelled M-E-U-R-T-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is \mœʁ.tʁi\.
What does "meurtri" mean?
As an adjective, "meurtri" means: Qui est marqué d'une meurtrissure.
What words are commonly confused with "meurtri"?
"meurtri" is commonly confused with "meutre", "meurtrie", "meurtrier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meurtri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meurtri" is \mœʁ.tʁi\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meurtri" come from?
"meurtri" 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 "meurtri", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list