Which to use
“mestre” and “mesure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,071
- “mestre” frequency rank
- #520
- “mesure” frequency rank
- 32591
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mestre | mesure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Grand mât des bâtiments à voiles latines par opposition au mât de trinquet. | Dimension. |
Where the eye mixes mestre and mesure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mestre (CVCCCV) and mesure (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses mestre with mesure
A purely visual mix-up. mestre (\mɛstʁ\) and mesure (\mə.zyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - t in “mestre” becomes u in “mesure”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mestre is recorded at frequency rank #32,071, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛstʁ\. mesure is at rank #520, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mə.zyʁ\.
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 32591, this pair ranks #296,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mestre vs mesure
Shared letters: emrs. Private to "mestre": t. Private to "mesure": u.
"mestre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "mesure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mestre" and "mesure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mestre" vs "mesure" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mestre" and "mesure" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mestre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mesure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #296,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mestre" and "mesure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mestre vs meutre". 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 #296,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.