mourir

\mu.ʁiʁ\

/\mu.ʁiʁ\/ verb

The verdict

“mourir” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,486. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,486
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cesser de vivre ; devenir mort.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mourir · mourir · French

mourir · rank #1,486 · 7 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,486
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH milliards

Nearest frequency peer: milliards (-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 « mourir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mourir » 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).

mourir vs munir
67% similar
mourir vs mourra
67% similar
mourir vs mourrir
86% similar

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

Key facts for mourir
PropertyValue
Headwordmourir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\mu.ʁiʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,486
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mourir »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « milliards » (#1,485), « objets » (#1,487), « mercredi » (#1,484). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mourir » est au #1,486. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around mourir (IPA \mu.ʁiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,486 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mourir, with forms such as "mmourir", "moruir", and "mouirr". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "munir", "mourra", "mourrir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is mourir, spelled M-O-U-R-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cesser de vivre ; devenir mort.
  2. 2
    Subir des tourments ; être tourmenté.
  3. 3
    Finir, disparaitre, en parlant des États, des institutions, des établissements, des choses morales, des productions de l’esprit, des ouvrages de l’art.
  4. 4
    Finir peu à peu en parlant de certaines choses, de l’activité, du mouvement ou de choses qui finissent par une dégradation insensible, comme les sons, les couleurs, etc.
  5. 5
    Être sur le point de mourir

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « Eh bien, tu sais, toi, tu ne t’amènes pas trop vite, dit-il. — Faut-il s’en faire mourir ? »
  2. Ce qui est certain, c'est qu'en Extrême-Orient on meurt beaucoup plus par la fièvre typhoïde que par le choléra.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmourir
  • moruir
  • mouirr
  • mourirr
  • mourri
  • muorir
  • omurir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmourir1moruir2mouirr2mourirr1mourri2muorir2omurir2
Edit distance from "mourir"

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 "mourir"?
"mourir" is spelled M-O-U-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \mu.ʁiʁ\.
What does "mourir" mean?
As a verb, "mourir" means: Cesser de vivre ; devenir mort.
What words are commonly confused with "mourir"?
"mourir" is commonly confused with "munir", "mourra", "mourrir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mourir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mourir" is \mu.ʁiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mourir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list