Which to use
“message” and “messire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #708
- “message” frequency rank
- #19,598
- “messire” frequency rank
- 20306
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | message | messire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Charge ou commission de dire ou de porter quelque chose. | Titre d’honneur qui se donnait anciennement, dans les actes, à des personnes de distinction. |
Where the eye mixes message and messire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: message vs messire
A purely visual mix-up. message (\me.saʒ\) and messire (\mɛ.siʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20306, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
message is recorded at frequency rank #708, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.saʒ\. messire is at rank #19,598, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɛ.siʁ\.
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 20306, this pair ranks #368,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of message vs messire
Shared letters: ems. Private to "message": ag. Private to "messire": ir.
"message" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "messire" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "message" for "messire" ever safe?
Which is more common, "message" or "messire"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "message" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "messire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,938 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "message" and "messire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "messier vs messire". 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 #368,938 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.