Which to use
“meure” and “mineure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,941
- “meure” frequency rank
- #10,196
- “mineure” frequency rank
- 33137
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meure | mineure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Graphie ancienne de mûre. | Celle qui n’a pas atteint l’âge légal de la majorité dans son pays. |
Where the eye mixes meure and mineure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. meure runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against mineure's 7 (CVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between meure and mineure
A purely visual mix-up. meure (\mœʁ\) and mineure (\mi.nœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33137, 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\. mineure is at rank #10,196, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mi.nœʁ\.
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 33137, this pair ranks #292,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meure vs mineure
Shared letters: emru. Private to "meure": -. Private to "mineure": in.
"meure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "mineure" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "meure" for "mineure" ever safe?
Which is more common, "meure" or "mineure"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "meure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mineure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,630 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meure" and "mineure" 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 #292,630 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.