meurtrières

\mœʁ.tʁi.jɛʁ\

/\mœʁ.tʁi.jɛʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“meurtrières” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,942. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,942
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de meurtrier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-meurtrieres · meurtrières · French

meurtrières · rank #22,942 · 17 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,942
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH meure

Nearest frequency peer: meure (-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 « meurtrières »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « meurtrières » 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).

meurtrières vs meurtriers
82% similar
meurtrières vs meurtrier
73% similar
meurtrières vs meurtrière
91% similar

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

Key facts for meurtrières
PropertyValue
Headwordmeurtrières
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mœʁ.tʁi.jɛʁ\
Letters11
Frequency rank#22,942
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « meurtrières »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.meurtrièresse 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 « meure » (#22,941), « ministériels » (#22,943), « merle » (#22,940). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « meurtrières » est au #22,942. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around meurtrières (IPA \mœʁ.tʁi.jɛʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,942 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de meurtrier.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for meurtrières, with forms such as "emurtrières", "merutrières", and "meurrtières". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "meurtriers", "meurtrier", "meurtrière", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is meurtrières, spelled M-E-U-R-T-R-I-È-R-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de meurtrier.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emurtrières
  • merutrières
  • meurrtières
  • meurrtrières
  • meurtirères
  • meurtrieres
  • meurtrirèes
  • meurtrièers
  • meurtrièress
  • meurtrièrres
  • meurtrièrse
  • meurtrrières
  • meurtrèires
  • meurttrières
  • meutrrières
  • mmeurtrières
  • muertrières

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emurtrières2merutrières2meurrtières2meurrtrières1meurtirères2meurtrieres1meurtrirèes2meurtrièers2
Edit distance from "meurtrières"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

pragmatisme17 variantsprotectorat17 variantsrecommandent17 variantsspontanéité17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list