Which to use
“membres” and “mémoires” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #480
- “membres” frequency rank
- #5,052
- “mémoires” frequency rank
- 5532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | membres | mémoires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de membre. | Récit écrit qu’une personne fait des événements auxquels elle a participé ou dont elle a été témoin. |
Where the eye mixes membres and mémoires
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. membres runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against mémoires's 8 (CVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses membres with mémoires
A purely visual mix-up. membres (\mɑ̃bʁ\) and mémoires (\me.mwaʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
membres is recorded at frequency rank #480, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃bʁ\. mémoires is at rank #5,052, tagged as anoun, pronounced \me.mwaʁ\.
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 5532, this pair ranks #428,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of membres vs mémoires
Shared letters: emrs. Private to "membres": b. Private to "mémoires": ioé.
"membres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "mémoires" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- membres ← emmbres · mebmres · membbres · membress · membrres · membrse · memmbres · memrbes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "membres" and "mémoires" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "membres" or "mémoires"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "membres" and "mémoires" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "membres" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mémoires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #428,757 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "membres" and "mémoires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "membres vs meublés". 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 #428,757 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.