Which to use
“meure” and “more” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,941
- “meure” frequency rank
- #6,852
- “more” frequency rank
- 29793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meure | more |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Graphie ancienne de mûre. | Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyelle longue deux mores. |
Where the eye mixes meure and more
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. meure runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against more's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: meure vs more
A purely visual mix-up. meure (\mœʁ\) and more (\mɔʁ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29793, 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\. more is at rank #6,852, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁ\.
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 29793, this pair ranks #314,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meure vs more
Shared letters: emr. Private to "meure": u. Private to "more": o.
"meure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meure" and "more" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "meure" vs "more" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "meure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "more" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meure" and "more" 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 #314,453 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.