Which to use
“mesurent” and “mesurer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,080
- “mesurent” frequency rank
- #4,780
- “mesurer” frequency rank
- 25860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mesurent | mesurer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de mesurer. | Chercher à connaître, ou déterminer une quantité par le moyen d’une mesure. |
Where the eye mixes mesurent and mesurer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mesurent runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCC) against mesurer's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses mesurent with mesurer
A purely visual mix-up. mesurent (\mə.zyʁ\) and mesurer (\mə.zy.ʁe\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mesurent is recorded at frequency rank #21,080, classified as averb, pronounced \mə.zyʁ\. 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 25860, this pair ranks #338,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mesurent vs mesurer
Shared letters: emrsu. Private to "mesurent": nt. Private to "mesurer": -.
"mesurent" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "mesurer" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mesurent" for "mesurer" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mesurent" vs "mesurer" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mesurent" and "mesurer" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mesurent" 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 #338,464 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mesurent" 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 #338,464 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.