Which to use
“mesure” and “misère” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #520
- “mesure” frequency rank
- #4,354
- “misère” frequency rank
- 4874
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mesure | misère |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dimension. | Condition, état de celui qui inspire la pitié. |
Where the eye mixes mesure and misère
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mesure vs misère
A purely visual mix-up. mesure (\mə.zyʁ\) and misère (\mi.zɛʁ\) 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 4874, 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\. misère is at rank #4,354, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.zɛʁ\.
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 4874, this pair ranks #430,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mesure vs misère
Shared letters: emrs. Private to "mesure": u. Private to "misère": iè.
"mesure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "misère" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mesure ← emsure · mesrue · messure · mesuer · mesurre · meusre · mmesure · mseure
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mesure" and "misère" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mesure" or "misère" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mesure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "misère" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #430,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mesure" and "misère" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "misère vs miséreux". 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 #430,464 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.