Which to use
“mesure” and “mûre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #520
- “mesure” frequency rank
- #22,950
- “mûre” frequency rank
- 23470
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mesure | mûre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dimension. | Fruit composé comestible des mûriers (Morus) de couleur d’abord blanchâtre, puis rouge et enfin noire à maturité. Il est composé de petites baies globuleuses formées par le périanthe devenu charnu et portant un petit akène qui est le vrai fruit, et accolées les unes aux autres en épi. |
Where the eye mixes mesure and mûre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mesure runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against mûre's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mesure and mûre
A purely visual mix-up. mesure (\mə.zyʁ\) and mûre (\myʁ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23470, 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\. mûre is at rank #22,950, tagged as anoun, pronounced \myʁ\.
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 23470, this pair ranks #352,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mesure vs mûre
Shared letters: emr. Private to "mesure": su. Private to "mûre": û.
"mesure" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mûre" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mesure ← emsure · mesrue · messure · mesuer · mesurre · meusre · mmesure · mseure
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mesure" and "mûre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mesure" or "mûre"?
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 "mûre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #352,306 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mesure" and "mûre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mud vs mûre". 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 #352,306 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.