Which to use
“mémorable” and “mesurable” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,432
- “mémorable” frequency rank
- #35,154
- “mesurable” frequency rank
- 48586
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mémorable | mesurable |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est digne de mémoire, qui mérite d’être conservé dans la mémoire, qui est remarquable. | Qui peut se mesurer. |
Where the eye mixes mémorable and mesurable
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mémorable vs mesurable
A purely visual mix-up. mémorable (\me.mɔ.ʁabl\) and mesurable (\mə.zy.ʁabl\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48586, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mémorable is recorded at frequency rank #13,432, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.mɔ.ʁabl\. mesurable is at rank #35,154, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mə.zy.ʁabl\.
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 48586, this pair ranks #177,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mémorable vs mesurable
Shared letters: abelmr. Private to "mémorable": oé. Private to "mesurable": su.
"mémorable" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "mesurable" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mesurable ← emsurable · mesruable · messurable · mesuarble · mesurabble · mesurabel · mesurablle · mesuralbe
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mémorable" and "mesurable" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mémorable" vs "mesurable" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mémorable" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mesurable" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,726 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mémorable" and "mesurable" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mesurable vs mesurables". 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 #177,726 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.