Which to use
“mètre” is a noun and “meur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,113
- “mètre” frequency rank
- #43,010
- “meur” frequency rank
- 49123
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mètre | meur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international, dont le symbole est m. Le mètre est défini de manière universelle depuis 1983 par la longueur du trajet parcouru par la lumière dans le vide en 1/299 792 458 de seconde. | Mûr. |
Letter map: mètre vs meur
Shared letters muted; letters that set mètre and meur apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mètre runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against meur's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: mètre vs meur
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mètre is anoun and meuranadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mètre is recorded at frequency rank #6,113, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛtʁ\. meur is at rank #43,010, tagged as anadj.
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 49123, this pair ranks #173,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mètre vs meur
Shared letters: emr. Private to "mètre": tè. Private to "meur": u.
"mètre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "meur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meur ← emur · meru · meurr · mmeur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mètre" and "meur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mètre" or "meur" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "mètre" and "meur". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mètre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #173,299 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mètre" and "meur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meur vs mud". 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 #173,299 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.