Which to use
“meur” is an adjective and “meurs” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,010
- “meur” frequency rank
- #7,342
- “meurs” frequency rank
- 50352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meur | meurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mûr. | Première personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de mourir. |
Letter map: meur vs meurs
Shared letters muted; letters that set meur and meurs apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. meur runs 4 letters (CVVC) against meurs's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - meur and meurs
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meur is anadjective and meursaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “meur” sits inside “meurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meur is recorded at frequency rank #43,010, classified as anadj. meurs is at rank #7,342, tagged as averb, pronounced \mœʁ\.
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 50352, this pair ranks #163,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meur vs meurs
Shared letters: emru. Private to "meur": -. Private to "meurs": s.
"meur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "meurs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meur" and "meurs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "meur" vs "meurs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "meur" and "meurs". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "meur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meur" and "meurs" 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 #163,314 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.