Which to use
“membre” and “memory” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,034
- “membre” frequency rank
- #35,596
- “memory” frequency rank
- 36630
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | membre | memory |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partie extérieure du corps d’un être humain ou d’un animal, distinguée de toutes les autres par quelque fonction particulière. Note d’usage : Se dit principalement des bras et des jambes ; ne se dit jamais de la tête. | Mémoire. |
Where the eye mixes membre and memory
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: membre vs memory
A purely visual mix-up. membre (\mɑ̃bʁ\) and memory (\mɛm.(ə.)ɹi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
membre is recorded at frequency rank #1,034, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃bʁ\. memory is at rank #35,596, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɛm.(ə.)ɹi\.
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 36630, this pair ranks #268,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of membre vs memory
Shared letters: emr. Private to "membre": b. Private to "memory": oy.
"membre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "memory" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "membre" for "memory" ever safe?
Which is more common, "membre" or "memory"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "membre" and "memory" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "membre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "memory" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "membre" and "memory" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memo vs memory". 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 #268,250 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.