Which to use
“mémorables” and “mesurables” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,099
- “mémorables” frequency rank
- #43,553
- “mesurables” frequency rank
- 69652
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mémorables | mesurables |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mémorable. | Pluriel de mesurable. |
Where the eye mixes mémorables and mesurables
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mémorables and mesurables follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between mémorables and mesurables
A purely visual mix-up. mémorables (\me.mɔ.ʁabl\) and mesurables (\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 69652, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mémorables is recorded at frequency rank #26,099, classified as anadj, pronounced \me.mɔ.ʁabl\. mesurables is at rank #43,553, 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 69652, this pair ranks #54,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mémorables vs mesurables
Shared letters: abelmrs. Private to "mémorables": oé. Private to "mesurables": u.
"mémorables" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC · "mesurables" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mesurables ← emsurables · mesruables · messurables · mesuarbles · mesurabbles · mesurabels · mesurabless · mesurablles
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mémorables" and "mesurables" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mémorables" or "mesurables"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mémorables" and "mesurables" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mémorables" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mesurables" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #54,335 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mémorables" and "mesurables" 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 #54,335 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.