Which to use
“madre” and “meure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,769
- “madre” frequency rank
- #22,941
- “meure” frequency rank
- 56710
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | madre | meure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bois veiné, ou tacheté issus du cœur ou de la racine et généralement utilisé pour confectionner des récipients pour boire | Graphie ancienne de mûre. |
Where the eye mixes madre and meure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. madre (CVCCV) and meure (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: madre vs meure
A purely visual mix-up. madre (\madʁ\) and meure (\mœʁ\) 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 56710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
madre is recorded at frequency rank #33,769, classified as anoun, pronounced \madʁ\. meure is at rank #22,941, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mœʁ\.
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 56710, this pair ranks #119,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of madre vs meure
Shared letters: emr. Private to "madre": ad. Private to "meure": u.
"madre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "meure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "madre" for "meure" ever safe?
Frequency check: "madre" vs "meure" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "madre" and "meure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "madre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,406 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "madre" and "meure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "madre vs magret". 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 #119,406 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.