mûrier
\my.ʁje\
The verdict
“mûrier” is uncommon French (frequency #57,455 among 202,672 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,455
- frequency rank, French
- 202,672
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genre de la famille des Moraceae, arbres ou arbustes à feuilles caduques alternes, aux fleurs en chatons et dont les fruits composés sont des mûres.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mûrier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \my.ʁje\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mûrier” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mûrier is uncommon French at frequency #57,455 among 202,672 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \my.ʁje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
mûrier has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mûrier, spelled M-Û-R-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Genre de la famille des Moraceae, arbres ou arbustes à feuilles caduques alternes, aux fleurs en chatons et dont les fruits composés sont des mûres.
- 2Arbuste qui donne des fruits similaires.
- 3Mérier-blanc, oiseau qui mange des mûres.
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “mûrier”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-Û-R-I-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \my.ʁje\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.