Which to use
“meule” is a noun and “meur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,861
- “meule” frequency rank
- #43,010
- “meur” frequency rank
- 72871
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meule | meur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Roue en pierre, en bois, qui sert à broyer en tournant. | Mûr. |
Letter map: meule vs meur
Shared letters muted; letters that set meule and meur apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. meule runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against meur's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - meule and meur
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meule is anoun and meuranadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meule is recorded at frequency rank #29,861, classified as anoun, pronounced \møl\. meur is at rank #43,010, tagged as anadj.
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 72871, this pair ranks #42,471 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meule vs meur
Shared letters: emu. Private to "meule": l. Private to "meur": r.
"meule" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "meur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meule" and "meur" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "meule" or "meur"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "meule" and "meur".
- Full dictionary entry for "meule" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,471 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meule" and "meur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meur vs mud". 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 #42,471 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.