mdrvsMéryWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mdr is a intj, Méry is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mdr” is an intj and “Méry” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,512
“mdr” frequency rank
#48,675
“Méry” frequency rank
58187
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mdr Méry
Definition Formule qui est principalement utilisée à l’écrit (sur internet puis par texto) et qui indique que celui qui le note est en train de rire ou est amusé. Mais elle peut également être utilisée pour signaler son étonnement dans une situation inhabituelle. Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie.

Letter map: mdr vs Méry

Shared letters muted; letters that set mdr and Méry apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
mdr
4 ch
Méry

Role in the sentence - mdr and Méry

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mdr is anintj and Méryaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mdr is recorded at frequency rank #9,512, classified as anintj, pronounced \ɛm.de.ɛʁ\. Méry is at rank #48,675, tagged as aname.

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 58187, this pair ranks #110,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mdr vs Méry

Shared letters: mr. Private to "mdr": d. Private to "Méry": .

"mdr" · 3 letters · shape CCC  ·  "Méry" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mdr" for "Méry" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mdr" is an intj and "Méry" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "mdr" or "Méry" show up more?
"mdr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,512 in our French list, against #48,675 for "Méry". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "mdr" and "Méry". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mdr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Méry" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,532 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mdr" and "Méry" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memo vs Méry". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #110,532 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list