Which to use
“meure” is a noun and “meurt” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,941
- “meure” frequency rank
- #2,786
- “meurt” frequency rank
- 25727
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meure | meurt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Graphie ancienne de mûre. | Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe mourir. |
Same sound, different letters: meure vs meurt
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. meure (CVVCV) and meurt (CVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - meure / meurt
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: meure and meurt carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mœʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “meure” becomes t in “meurt”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meure is recorded at frequency rank #22,941, classified as anoun, pronounced \mœʁ\. meurt is at rank #2,786, 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 25727, this pair ranks #339,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meure vs meurt
Shared letters: emru. Private to "meure": -. Private to "meurt": t.
"meure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "meurt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meure" and "meurt" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "meure" vs "meurt" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "meure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meurt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #339,205 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meure" and "meurt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Méry vs meure". 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 #339,205 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.