membresvsmeublésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: membres is a noun, meublés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“membres” is a noun and “meublés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#480
“membres” frequency rank
#47,461
“meublés” frequency rank
47941
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature membres meublés
Definition Pluriel de membre. Masculin pluriel de meublé.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set membres and meublés apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
membres
7 ch
meublés

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: membres is \mɑ̃bʁ\ while meublés is \mœ.ble\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47941, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

membres is recorded at frequency rank #480, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑ̃bʁ\. meublés is at rank #47,461, tagged as anadj, 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 47941, this pair ranks #182,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of membres vs meublés

Shared letters: bems. Private to "membres": r. Private to "meublés": lué.

"membres" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC  ·  "meublés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • membresemmbres · mebmres · membbres · membress · membrres · membrse · memmbres · memrbes

Frequency comparison

membres#480
meublés#47,461

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "membres" and "meublés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "membres" is a noun and "meublés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "membres" or "meublés"?
"membres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #480 in our French list, against #47,461 for "meublés". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering membres vs meublés

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “membres”; for an adjective, it's “meublés”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “membres” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list