Which to use
“mettra” and “meutre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,414
- “mettra” frequency rank
- #48,664
- “meutre” frequency rank
- 55078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettra | meutre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de mettre. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de meutern. |
Where the eye mixes mettra and meutre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mettra (CVCCCV) and meutre (CVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: mettra vs meutre
A purely visual mix-up. mettra (\mɛ.tʁa\) and meutre (\ˈmɔɪ̯tʁə\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mettra is recorded at frequency rank #6,414, classified as averb, pronounced \mɛ.tʁa\. meutre is at rank #48,664, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈmɔɪ̯tʁə\.
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 55078, this pair ranks #129,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mettra vs meutre
Shared letters: emrt. Private to "mettra": a. Private to "meutre": u.
"mettra" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "meutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mettra" and "meutre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mettra" vs "meutre" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mettra" and "meutre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mettra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meutre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #129,825 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettra" and "meutre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meurtrie vs meutre". 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 #129,825 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.