Which to use
“marée” and “mûre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,269
- “marée” frequency rank
- #22,950
- “mûre” frequency rank
- 31219
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marée | mûre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouvement d’ondulation de la surface de la mer, provoquant une baisse et une hausse de son niveau sur un rythme journalier ou semi-journalier selon les régions du globe. | 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 marée and mûre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between marée and mûre
A purely visual mix-up. marée (\ma.ʁe\) 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 31219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marée is recorded at frequency rank #8,269, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ʁe\. 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 31219, this pair ranks #305,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marée vs mûre
Shared letters: emr. Private to "marée": aé. Private to "mûre": û.
"marée" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "mûre" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marée" for "mûre" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "marée" or "mûre" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "marée" 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 #305,183 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marée" and "mûre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mud vs mûre". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #305,183 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.