Which to use
“mesure” is a noun and “mesurent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #520
- “mesure” frequency rank
- #21,080
- “mesurent” frequency rank
- 21600
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mesure | mesurent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dimension. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mesurer. |
Same sound, different letters: mesure vs mesurent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. mesure runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against mesurent's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - mesure / mesurent
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mesure and mesurent carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mə.zyʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mesure” sits inside “mesurent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21600, 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\. mesurent is at rank #21,080, tagged as averb, 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 21600, this pair ranks #362,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mesure vs mesurent
Shared letters: emrsu. Private to "mesure": -. Private to "mesurent": nt.
"mesure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mesurent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "mesure" / "mesurent". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "mesure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mesurent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #362,341 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mesure" and "mesurent" 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 #362,341 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.