Which to use
“mettre” and “meutre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #227
- “mettre” frequency rank
- #48,664
- “meutre” frequency rank
- 48891
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mettre | meutre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Placer une personne, ou un animal, ou une chose dans un lieu déterminé. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de meutern. |
Where the eye mixes mettre and meutre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mettre (CVCCCV) and meutre (CVVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between mettre and meutre
A purely visual mix-up. mettre (\mɛtʁ\) 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 differ by a single letter - t in “mettre” becomes u in “meutre”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mettre is recorded at frequency rank #227, classified as averb, pronounced \mɛtʁ\. 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 48891, this pair ranks #175,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mettre vs meutre
Shared letters: emrt. Private to "mettre": -. Private to "meutre": u.
"mettre" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "meutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mettre" for "meutre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mettre" vs "meutre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mettre" 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 #175,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mettre" 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 #175,205 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.