MéryvsmeureConfusable pair

Quick tell: Méry is a name, meure is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Méry” is a name and “meure” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,675
“Méry” frequency rank
#22,941
“meure” frequency rank
71616
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Méry meure
Definition Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie. Graphie ancienne de mûre.

Letter map: Méry vs meure

Shared letters muted; letters that set Méry and meure apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Méry runs 4 letters (CVCV) against meure's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Méry
5 ch
meure

Grammar separator: Méry vs meure

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Méry is aname and meureanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71616, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Méry is recorded at frequency rank #48,675, classified as aname. meure is at rank #22,941, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mœʁ\.

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 71616, this pair ranks #46,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Méry vs meure

Shared letters: mr. Private to "Méry": yé. Private to "meure": eu.

"Méry" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "meure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meure ← emure · merue · meuer · meurre · mmeure · muere

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Méry" for "meure" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Méry" is a name and "meure" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Méry" vs "meure" - which ranks higher?
"meure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,941 in our French list, against #48,675 for "Méry". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Méry" vs "meure" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Méry" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "meure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #46,940 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Méry" and "meure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memo vs Méry". 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 #46,940 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list