Which to use
“meur” is an adjective and “meute” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,010
- “meur” frequency rank
- #13,633
- “meute” frequency rank
- 56643
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meur | meute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mûr. | Troupe de chiens courants dressés pour la vénerie ou chasse à courre. |
Letter map: meur vs meute
Shared letters muted; letters that set meur and meute apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. meur runs 4 letters (CVVC) against meute's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - meur and meute
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meur is anadjective and meuteanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56643, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meur is recorded at frequency rank #43,010, classified as anadj. 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 56643, this pair ranks #119,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meur vs meute
Shared letters: emu. Private to "meur": r. Private to "meute": t.
"meur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "meur" for "meute" ever safe?
Frequency check: "meur" vs "meute" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "meur" and "meute".
- Full dictionary entry for "meur" 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 #119,820 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meur" and "meute" 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 #119,820 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.