Which to use
“madre” and “mûre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,769
- “madre” frequency rank
- #22,950
- “mûre” frequency rank
- 56719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | madre | mûre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bois veiné, ou tacheté issus du cœur ou de la racine et généralement utilisé pour confectionner des récipients pour boire | 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. |
Where the eye mixes madre and mûre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between madre and mûre
A purely visual mix-up. madre (\madʁ\) and mûre (\myʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56719, 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\. mûre is at rank #22,950, tagged as anoun, pronounced \myʁ\.
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 56719, this pair ranks #119,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of madre vs mûre
Shared letters: emr. Private to "madre": ad. Private to "mûre": û.
"madre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "mûre" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- madre ← amdre · maddre · mader · madrre · mdare · mmadre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "madre" and "mûre" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "madre" vs "mûre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "madre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mûre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #119,349 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "madre" and "mûre" 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 #119,349 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.