Which to use
“meneur” and “menhir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,509
- “meneur” frequency rank
- #48,042
- “menhir” frequency rank
- 62551
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meneur | menhir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui mène. | Bloc de pierre de forme allongée, dressé par les populations néolithiques, que l’on trouve en territoire celte, notamment en Bretagne et Grande-Bretagne. |
Where the eye mixes meneur and menhir
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. meneur (CVCVVC) and menhir (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between meneur and menhir
A purely visual mix-up. meneur (\mə.nœʁ\) and menhir (\me.niʁ\) 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 62551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meneur is recorded at frequency rank #14,509, classified as anoun, pronounced \mə.nœʁ\. menhir is at rank #48,042, tagged as anoun, pronounced \me.niʁ\.
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 62551, this pair ranks #86,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meneur vs menhir
Shared letters: emnr. Private to "meneur": u. Private to "menhir": hi.
"meneur" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "menhir" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meneur" and "menhir" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "meneur" or "menhir"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "meneur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "menhir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,497 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meneur" and "menhir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mendier vs menhir". 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 #86,497 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.