Which to use
“meu” and “muer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,580
- “meu” frequency rank
- #48,671
- “muer” frequency rank
- 93251
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meu | muer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe movoir. | Changer de poil, de plumes, de peau, etc., en parlant des animaux. |
Where the eye mixes meu and muer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. meu runs 3 letters (CVV) against muer's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between meu and muer
A purely visual mix-up. meu (\məˈy\) and muer (\mɥe\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93251, 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\. muer is at rank #48,671, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɥe\.
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 93251, this pair ranks #2,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meu vs muer
Shared letters: emu. Private to "meu": -. Private to "muer": r.
"meu" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "muer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- muer ← mmuer · muerr · umer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meu" and "muer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "meu" or "muer"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "meu" and "muer" 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 "muer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meu" and "muer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mud vs muer". 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 #2,401 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.