Which to use
“meur” is an adjective and “meutre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,010
- “meur” frequency rank
- #48,664
- “meutre” frequency rank
- 91674
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meur | meutre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mûr. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de meutern. |
Letter map: meur vs meutre
Shared letters muted; letters that set meur and meutre apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. meur runs 4 letters (CVVC) against meutre's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for meur / meutre
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meur is anadjective and meutreaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91674, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meur is recorded at frequency rank #43,010, classified as anadj. meutre is at rank #48,664, tagged as averb, pronounced \ˈmɔɪ̯tʁə\.
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 91674, this pair ranks #3,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meur vs meutre
Shared letters: emru. Private to "meur": -. Private to "meutre": t.
"meur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "meutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meur" and "meutre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "meur" vs "meutre" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "meur" and "meutre". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "meur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meutre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #3,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meur" and "meutre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meurtrie vs meutre". 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 #3,638 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.