Which to use
“mesurée” and “mesurées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,979
- “mesurée” frequency rank
- #29,442
- “mesurées” frequency rank
- 44421
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mesurée | mesurées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de mesuré. | Féminin pluriel de mesuré. |
Same sound, different letters: mesurée vs mesurées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mesurée runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against mesurées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: mesurée vs mesurées
This is the hard kind. mesurée and mesurées are pronounced identically (\mə.zy.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mesurée” sits inside “mesurées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mesurée is recorded at frequency rank #14,979, classified as anadj, pronounced \mə.zy.ʁe\. 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 44421, this pair ranks #210,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mesurée vs mesurées
Shared letters: emrsué. Private to "mesurée": -. Private to "mesurées": -.
"mesurée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV · "mesurées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mesurée" for "mesurées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mesurée" or "mesurées"?
What to do next
"mesurée" and "mesurées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mesurée" 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 #210,606 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mesurée" and "mesurées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mesurées vs mesurent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #210,606 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.