meuvsmleWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: meu is a verb, mle is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“meu” is a verb and “mle” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,580
“meu” frequency rank
#43,557
“mle” frequency rank
88137
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meu mle
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe movoir. Abréviation de matricule.

Letter map: meu vs mle

Shared letters muted; letters that set meu and mle apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. meu (CVV) and mle (CCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch
meu
3 ch
mle

Grammar separator: meu vs mle

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meu is averb and mleanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88137, 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\. mle is at rank #43,557, tagged as anoun.

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 88137, this pair ranks #7,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of meu vs mle

Shared letters: em. Private to "meu": u. Private to "mle": l.

"meu" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "mle" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "meu" and "mle" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meu" is a verb and "mle" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "meu" vs "mle" - which ranks higher?
"mle" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,557 in our French list, against #44,580 for "meu". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "meu" and "mle". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "meu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mle" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #7,391 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meu" and "mle" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meu vs MWh". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #7,391 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list