Which to use
“mêler” is a verb and “meur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,203
- “mêler” frequency rank
- #43,010
- “meur” frequency rank
- 52213
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mêler | meur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre ensemble des choses et les confondre. | Mûr. |
Letter map: mêler vs meur
Shared letters muted; letters that set mêler and meur apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mêler runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against meur's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for mêler / meur
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mêler is averb and meuranadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52213, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mêler is recorded at frequency rank #9,203, classified as averb, pronounced \me.le\. 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 52213, this pair ranks #149,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mêler vs meur
Shared letters: emr. Private to "mêler": lê. Private to "meur": u.
"mêler" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "meur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meur ← emur · meru · meurr · mmeur
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mêler" for "meur" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mêler" vs "meur" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "mêler" vs "meur" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mêler" 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 #149,296 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mêler" and "meur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meur vs mud". 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 #149,296 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.