Which to use
“mers” is a noun and “meur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,271
- “mers” frequency rank
- #43,010
- “meur” frequency rank
- 51281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mers | meur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mer. | Mûr. |
Letter map: mers vs meur
Shared letters muted; letters that set mers and meur apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mers (CVCC) and meur (CVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for mers / meur
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mers is anoun and meuranadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mers is recorded at frequency rank #8,271, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛʁ\. meur is at rank #43,010, tagged as anadj.
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 51281, this pair ranks #156,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mers vs meur
Shared letters: emr. Private to "mers": s. Private to "meur": u.
"mers" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "meur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mers" and "meur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mers" or "meur" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "mers" vs "meur" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,219 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mers" and "meur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meur vs mud". 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 #156,219 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.