Which to use
“meules” and “meute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,908
- “meules” frequency rank
- #13,633
- “meute” frequency rank
- 46541
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meules | meute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de meule. | Troupe de chiens courants dressés pour la vénerie ou chasse à courre. |
Where the eye mixes meules and meute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. meules runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against meute's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses meules with meute
A purely visual mix-up. meules (\møl\) and meute (\møt\) 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 46541, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meules is recorded at frequency rank #32,908, classified as anoun, pronounced \møl\. meute is at rank #13,633, tagged as anoun, pronounced \møt\.
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 46541, this pair ranks #194,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meules vs meute
Shared letters: emu. Private to "meules": ls. Private to "meute": t.
"meules" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meules" and "meute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "meules" or "meute" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "meules" and "meute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "meules" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #194,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meules" and "meute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meublés vs meules". 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 #194,096 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.