Which to use
“méritée” and “mériter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,805
- “méritée” frequency rank
- #11,260
- “mériter” frequency rank
- 30065
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | méritée | mériter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de mériter. | Être digne, se rendre digne de. |
Same sound, different letters: méritée vs mériter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. méritée (CVCVCVV) and mériter (CVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - méritée and mériter
This is the hard kind. méritée and mériter are pronounced identically (\me.ʁi.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
méritée is recorded at frequency rank #18,805, classified as averb, pronounced \me.ʁi.te\. mériter is at rank #11,260, tagged as averb, pronounced \me.ʁi.te\.
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 30065, this pair ranks #312,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of méritée vs mériter
Shared letters: eimrté. Private to "méritée": -. Private to "mériter": -.
"méritée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "mériter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "méritée" and "mériter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "méritée" or "mériter" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "méritée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mériter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #312,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "méritée" and "mériter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "méritée vs méritées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #312,693 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.