Which to use
“meu” and “meurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,580
- “meu” frequency rank
- #7,342
- “meurs” frequency rank
- 51922
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meu | meurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe movoir. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de mourir. |
Where the eye mixes meu and meurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. meu runs 3 letters (CVV) against meurs's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: meu vs meurs
A purely visual mix-up. meu (\məˈy\) and meurs (\mœʁ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “meu” sits inside “meurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51922, 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\. meurs is at rank #7,342, tagged as averb, pronounced \mœʁ\.
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 51922, this pair ranks #151,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meu vs meurs
Shared letters: emu. Private to "meu": -. Private to "meurs": rs.
"meu" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "meurs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meurs ← emurs · merus · meurrs · meurss · meusr · mmeurs · muers
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meu" and "meurs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "meu" vs "meurs" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "meu" and "meurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "meu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meu" and "meurs" 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 #151,445 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.