MéryvsMordWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#48,675
“Méry” frequency rank
#18,002
“Mord” frequency rank
66677
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Méry Mord
Definition Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie. Meurtre.

Letter map: Méry vs Mord

Shared letters muted; letters that set Méry and Mord apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Méry (CVCV) and Mord (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Méry
4 ch
Mord

Part-of-speech tell for Méry / Mord

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Méry is aname and Mordanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66677, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Méry is recorded at frequency rank #48,675, classified as aname. Mord is at rank #18,002, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁt\.

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 66677, this pair ranks #66,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Méry vs Mord

Shared letters: mr. Private to "Méry": yé. Private to "Mord": do.

"Méry" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Mord" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mord ← mmord · modr · mordd · morrd · mrod · omrd

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Méry" and "Mord" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Méry" is a name and "Mord" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Méry" vs "Mord" - which ranks higher?
"Mord" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,002 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.

What to do next

Pair "Méry" vs "Mord" 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 "Mord" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,765 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Méry" and "Mord" 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 #66,765 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