Which to use
“meuble” is a noun and “meutre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,741
- “meuble” frequency rank
- #48,664
- “meutre” frequency rank
- 59405
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meuble | meutre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Objet qui garnit, qui orne une chambre, un appartement, une maison; surtout un objet d'une taille assez importante qui sert une fonction, tel un lit, un canapé, une table, etc. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de meutern. |
Where the eye mixes meuble and meutre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. meuble and meutre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses meuble with meutre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meuble is \mœbl\ while meutre is \ˈmɔɪ̯tʁə\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meuble is recorded at frequency rank #10,741, classified as anoun, pronounced \mœbl\. 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 59405, this pair ranks #103,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meuble vs meutre
Shared letters: emu. Private to "meuble": bl. Private to "meutre": rt.
"meuble" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "meutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meuble" and "meutre" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "meuble" vs "meutre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "meuble" 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 #103,332 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meuble" 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 #103,332 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.