meurtrier

\mœʁ.tʁi.je\

/\mœʁ.tʁi.je\/ noun

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The verdict

“meurtrier” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,043. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,043
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Celui qui a commis un meurtre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meurtrier · meurtrier · French

meurtrier · rank #9,043 · 13 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,043
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH metal

Nearest frequency peer: metal (-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 « meurtrier »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « meurtrier » 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).

meurtrier vs meurtriers
90% similar
meurtrier vs meurtrière
80% similar
meurtrier vs meurtrières
73% similar

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

Key facts for meurtrier
PropertyValue
Headwordmeurtrier
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mœʁ.tʁi.je\
Letters9
Frequency rank#9,043
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « meurtrier »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.meurtrierse 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 « metal » (#9,042), « modéré » (#9,044), « menant » (#9,041). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « meurtrier » est au #9,043. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around meurtrier (IPA \mœʁ.tʁi.je\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,043 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Celui qui a commis un meurtre.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for meurtrier, with forms such as "emurtrier", "merutrier", and "meurrtier". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "meurtriers", "meurtrière", "meurtrières", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is meurtrier, spelled M-E-U-R-T-R-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Celui qui a commis un meurtre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un infâme meurtrier leur avait déjà assassiné le brave M. de Mouy, à ces pauvres gens.
  2. […], la comtesse fit incarcérer le meurtrier et, après jugement, celui-ci fut pendu. L'exécution eut lieu le jour de Pourim.

This word in other languages

murderer(English)asesino(Español)Mörder(Deutsch)homicida(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emurtrier
  • merutrier
  • meurrtier
  • meurrtrier
  • meurtirer
  • meurtreir
  • meurtrierr
  • meurtrire
  • meurtrrier
  • meurttrier
  • meutrrier
  • mmeurtrier
  • muertrier

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meurtrier - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emurtrier2merutrier2meurrtier2meurrtrier1meurtirer2meurtreir2meurtrierr1meurtrire2
Edit distance from "meurtrier"

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 "meurtrier"?
"meurtrier" is spelled M-E-U-R-T-R-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mœʁ.tʁi.je\.
What does "meurtrier" mean?
As a noun, "meurtrier" means: Celui qui a commis un meurtre.
What words are commonly confused with "meurtrier"?
"meurtrier" is commonly confused with "meurtriers", "meurtrière", "meurtrières". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meurtrier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meurtrier" is \mœʁ.tʁi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meurtrier" come from?
"meurtrier" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

optimiste#9,049marocaine#9,035honnêteté#9,021gratuites#9,014

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

méchante13 variantsterminale13 variantsemprunté13 variantsdésordre13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list