Which to use
“mériter” and “mérités” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,260
- “mériter” frequency rank
- #28,260
- “mérités” frequency rank
- 39520
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mériter | mérités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Être digne, se rendre digne de. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mériter. |
Same sound, different letters: mériter vs mérités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. mériter and mérités follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: mériter vs mérités
This is the hard kind. mériter and mérités 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 39520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mériter is recorded at frequency rank #11,260, classified as averb, pronounced \me.ʁi.te\. mérités is at rank #28,260, 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 39520, this pair ranks #247,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mériter vs mérités
Shared letters: imrté. Private to "mériter": e. Private to "mérités": s.
"mériter" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "mérités" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mériter" and "mérités" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mériter" vs "mérités" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"mériter" and "mérités" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mériter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mérités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #247,345 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mériter" and "mérités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mérités vs méritons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #247,345 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.