Which to use
“mœurs” and “meufs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,361
- “mœurs” frequency rank
- #16,418
- “meufs” frequency rank
- 26779
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mœurs | meufs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Habitudes, naturelles ou acquises, relatives à la pratique du bien ou du mal au sens de la morale. | Pluriel de meuf. |
Where the eye mixes mœurs and meufs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mœurs vs meufs
A purely visual mix-up. mœurs (\mœʁ\) and meufs (\mœf\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mœurs is recorded at frequency rank #10,361, classified as anoun, pronounced \mœʁ\. meufs is at rank #16,418, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mœf\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 26779, this pair ranks #332,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mœurs vs meufs
Shared letters: msu. Private to "mœurs": rœ. Private to "meufs": ef.
"mœurs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "meufs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meufs ← emufs · mefus · meuffs · meufss · meusf · mmeufs · muefs
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mœurs" for "meufs" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "mœurs" or "meufs" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mœurs" and "meufs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mœurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meufs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #332,906 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mœurs" and "meufs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meufs vs meuh". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #332,906 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.