Which to use
“meublée” is an adjective and “meubler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,461
- “meublée” frequency rank
- #38,424
- “meubler” frequency rank
- 80885
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meublée | meubler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de meublé. | Garnir de meubles. |
Same sound, different letters: meublée vs meubler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - meublée / meubler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: meublée and meubler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mœ.ble\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80885, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meublée is recorded at frequency rank #42,461, classified as anadj, pronounced \mœ.ble\. meubler is at rank #38,424, tagged as averb, pronounced \mœ.ble\.
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 80885, this pair ranks #19,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meublée vs meubler
Shared letters: belmu. Private to "meublée": é. Private to "meubler": r.
"meublée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "meubler" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meubler ← emubler · mebuler · meubbler · meubelr · meublerr · meubller · meublre · meulber
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "meublée" for "meubler" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "meublée" or "meubler" show up more?
What to do next
"meublée" and "meubler" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "meublée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meubler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,918 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meublée" and "meubler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meublée vs meublés". 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 #19,918 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.