Which to use
“membre” and “meuble” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,034
- “membre” frequency rank
- #10,741
- “meuble” frequency rank
- 11775
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | membre | meuble |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Objet qui garnit, qui orne une chambre, un appartement, une maison; surtout un objet d'une taille assez importante qui sert une fonction, tel un lit, un canapé, une table, etc. |
Where the eye mixes membre and meuble
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. membre (CVCCCV) and meuble (CVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: membre vs meuble
A purely visual mix-up. membre (\mɑ̃bʁ\) and meuble (\mœbl\) 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 11775, 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\. meuble is at rank #10,741, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mœbl\.
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 11775, this pair ranks #407,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of membre vs meuble
Shared letters: bem. Private to "membre": r. Private to "meuble": lu.
"membre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "meuble" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "membre" and "meuble" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "membre" vs "meuble" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "membre" and "meuble" 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 "meuble" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,859 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "membre" and "meuble" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meuble vs meutre". 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 #407,859 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.