membervsmeublerConfusable pair

Quick tell: member is a noun, meubler is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“member” is a noun and “meubler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#47,454
“member” frequency rank
#38,424
“meubler” frequency rank
85878
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature member meubler
Definition Membre (élément d’un groupe humain). Garnir de meubles.

Where the eye mixes member and meubler

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
member
7 ch
meubler

Look-alike desk: member vs meubler

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: member is \ˈmɛm.bɚ\ while meubler is \mœ.ble\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

member is recorded at frequency rank #47,454, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈmɛm.bɚ\. meubler is at rank #38,424, tagged as averb, pronounced \mœ.ble\.

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 85878, this pair ranks #10,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of member vs meubler

Shared letters: bemr. Private to "member": -. Private to "meubler": lu.

"member" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "meubler" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • memberemmber · mebmer · membber · memberr · memebr · memmber · mmeber · mmember
  • meubleremubler · mebuler · meubbler · meubelr · meublerr · meubller · meublre · meulber

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "member" for "meubler" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "member" is a noun and "meubler" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "member" or "meubler" show up more?
"meubler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,424 in our French list, against #47,454 for "member". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "member" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "meubler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,605 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "member" and "meubler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier vs member". 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 #10,605 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