MeiervsmeurWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Meier is a noun, meur is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Meier” is a noun and “meur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,216
“Meier” frequency rank
#43,010
“meur” frequency rank
92226
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Meier meur
Definition Métayer, à l'origine, fonctionnaire d'un propriétaire noble ou ecclésiastique qui avait en charge l'administration et la gestion de la ferme principale. Plus tard, locataire d'une grande exploitation agricole. majordome. Mûr.

Letter map: Meier vs meur

Shared letters muted; letters that set Meier and meur apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Meier runs 5 letters (CVVVC) against meur's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Meier
4 ch
meur

Grammar separator: Meier vs meur

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Meier is anoun and meuranadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Meier is recorded at frequency rank #49,216, classified as anoun, pronounced \maɪ̯ɐ\. meur is at rank #43,010, tagged as anadj.

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 92226, this pair ranks #3,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Meier vs meur

Shared letters: emr. Private to "Meier": i. Private to "meur": u.

"Meier" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC  ·  "meur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Meier ← emier · meeir · meierr · meire · mieer · mmeier
  • meur ← emur · meru · meurr · mmeur

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Meier" and "meur" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Meier" is a noun and "meur" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Meier" vs "meur" - which ranks higher?
"meur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,010 in our French list, against #49,216 for "Meier". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "Meier" and "meur". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Meier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "meur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,174 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Meier" and "meur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier 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 #3,174 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