Which to use
“mesure” is a noun and “mesurées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #520
- “mesure” frequency rank
- #29,442
- “mesurées” frequency rank
- 29962
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mesure | mesurées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dimension. | Féminin pluriel de mesuré. |
Where the eye mixes mesure and mesurées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mesure runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against mesurées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mesure and mesurées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mesure is \mə.zyʁ\ while mesurées is \mə.zy.ʁe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mesure is recorded at frequency rank #520, classified as anoun, pronounced \mə.zyʁ\. mesurées is at rank #29,442, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mə.zy.ʁe\.
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 29962, this pair ranks #313,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mesure vs mesurées
Shared letters: emrsu. Private to "mesure": -. Private to "mesurées": é.
"mesure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mesurées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mesure ← emsure · mesrue · messure · mesuer · mesurre · meusre · mmesure · mseure
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mesure" for "mesurées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mesure" vs "mesurées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mesure" and "mesurées" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mesure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mesurées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,350 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mesure" and "mesurées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mesurées vs mesurent". 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 #313,350 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.