Which to use
“mesurées” is an adjective and “mesurer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,442
- “mesurées” frequency rank
- #4,780
- “mesurer” frequency rank
- 34222
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mesurées | mesurer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de mesuré. | Chercher à connaître, ou déterminer une quantité par le moyen d’une mesure. |
Same sound, different letters: mesurées vs mesurer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. mesurées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against mesurer's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mesurées and mesurer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mesurées and mesurer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mə.zy.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34222, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mesurées is recorded at frequency rank #29,442, classified as anadj, pronounced \mə.zy.ʁe\. mesurer is at rank #4,780, tagged as averb, 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 34222, this pair ranks #285,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mesurées vs mesurer
Shared letters: emrsu. Private to "mesurées": é. Private to "mesurer": -.
"mesurées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "mesurer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mesurer ← emsurer · mesruer · messurer · mesuerr · mesurerr · mesurrer · meusrer · mmesurer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mesurées" and "mesurer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mesurées" or "mesurer" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "mesurées" / "mesurer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "mesurées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mesurer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mesurées" and "mesurer" 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 #285,324 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.