mûre

\myʁ\

/\myʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“mûre” has 6 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,950. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,950
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruit composé comestible des mûriers (Morus) de couleur d’abord blanchâtre, puis rouge et enfin noire à maturité. Il est composé de petites baies globuleuses formées par le périanthe devenu charnu ...

Corpus desk

Index FR-mure · mûre · French

mûre · rank #22,950 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,950
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mélissa

Nearest frequency peer: Mélissa (-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 « mûre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mûre » 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).

mûre vs mus
25% similar
mûre vs muy
25% similar
mûre vs murs
50% similar

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

Key facts for mûre
PropertyValue
Headwordmûre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\myʁ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#22,950
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mûre »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).mûrese 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 « Mélissa » (#22,949), « negro » (#22,951), « muets » (#22,948). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mûre » est au #22,950. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around mûre (IPA \myʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,950 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for mûre, with forms such as "mmûre", "mrûe", and "mure". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mus", "muy", "murs", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is mûre, spelled M-Û-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruit composé comestible des mûriers (Morus) de couleur d’abord blanchâtre, puis rouge et enfin noire à maturité. Il est composé de petites baies globuleuses formées par le périanthe devenu charnu et portant un petit akène qui est le vrai fruit, et accolées les unes aux autres en épi.
  2. 2
    Fruit multiple comestible de plusieurs espèces de ronces (Rubus spp.), très ressemblant à celui du mûrier.
  3. 3
    Utilisé dans l’expression de mûre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. À la saison des mûres, il montait sur l’arbre pour emplir son mouchoir de fruits savoureux.
  2. Il mangea quelques mûres qu'il trouva dans les ronces de la lisière, après quoi il chercha à s'orienter.

This word in other languages

mulberry(English)mora(Español)Maulbeere(Deutsch)amora(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmûre
  • mrûe
  • mure
  • mûer
  • mûrre
  • ûmre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmûre1mrûe2mure1mûer2mûrre1ûmre2
Edit distance from "mûre"

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 "mûre"?
"mûre" is spelled M-Û-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \myʁ\.
What does "mûre" mean?
As a noun, "mûre" means: Fruit composé comestible des mûriers (Morus) de couleur d’abord blanchâtre, puis rouge et enfin noire à maturité. Il est composé de petites baies globuleuses formées par le périanthe devenu charnu ...
What words are commonly confused with "mûre"?
"mûre" is commonly confused with "mus", "muy", "murs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mûre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mûre" is \myʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mûre" come from?
"mûre" 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 "mûre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

MOOC#22,945mein#22,939Maud#22,938many#22,933

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

meure6 variantsPayne6 variantsPeggy6 variantsluck6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list