mdrvsmuerWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#9,512
“mdr” frequency rank
#48,671
“muer” frequency rank
58183
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mdr muer
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. Changer de poil, de plumes, de peau, etc., en parlant des animaux.

Where the eye mixes mdr and muer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
mdr
4 ch
muer

Visual trap between mdr and muer

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mdr is \ɛm.de.ɛʁ\ while muer is \mɥe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (intj vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58183, 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\. muer is at rank #48,671, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɥe\.

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 58183, this pair ranks #110,554 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mdr vs muer

Shared letters: mr. Private to "mdr": d. Private to "muer": eu.

"mdr" · 3 letters · shape CCC  ·  "muer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • muermmuer · muerr · umer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mdr" for "muer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mdr" is an intj and "muer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "mdr" or "muer" show up more?
"mdr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,512 in our French list, against #48,671 for "muer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "mdr" and "muer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mdr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "muer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #110,554 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mdr" and "muer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mud vs muer". 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 #110,554 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