meurvsmusTell them apart

Quick tell: meur is a adjective, mus is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“meur” is an adjective and “mus” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,010
“meur” frequency rank
#26,805
“mus” frequency rank
69815
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meur mus
Definition Mûr. Jeu de cartes populaire d'origine basque.

Letter map: meur vs mus

Shared letters muted; letters that set meur and mus apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
meur
3 ch
mus

Role in the sentence - meur and mus

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meur is anadjective and musanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69815, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meur is recorded at frequency rank #43,010, classified as anadj. mus is at rank #26,805, tagged as anoun, pronounced \muʃ\.

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 69815, this pair ranks #53,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of meur vs mus

Shared letters: mu. Private to "meur": er. Private to "mus": s.

"meur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "mus" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meuremur · meru · meurr · mmeur

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "meur" and "mus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meur" is an adjective and "mus" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "meur" or "mus"?
"mus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,805 in our French list, against #43,010 for "meur". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "meur" vs "mus" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "meur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #53,713 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meur" and "mus" 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 #53,713 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list