Which to use
“meu” is a verb and “meur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,580
- “meu” frequency rank
- #43,010
- “meur” frequency rank
- 87590
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meu | meur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe movoir. | Mûr. |
Letter map: meu vs meur
Shared letters muted; letters that set meu and meur apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. meu runs 3 letters (CVV) against meur's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - meu and meur
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meu is averb and meuranadjective. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “meu” sits inside “meur”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meu is recorded at frequency rank #44,580, classified as averb, pronounced \məˈy\. 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 87590, this pair ranks #8,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meu vs meur
Shared letters: emu. Private to "meu": -. Private to "meur": r.
"meu" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "meur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meur ← emur · meru · meurr · mmeur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meu" and "meur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "meu" vs "meur" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "meu" vs "meur" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "meu" 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 #8,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meu" and "meur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meu vs MWh". 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 #8,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.