Which to use
“meurt” and “meutre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,786
- “meurt” frequency rank
- #48,664
- “meutre” frequency rank
- 51450
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meurt | meutre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe mourir. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de meutern. |
Where the eye mixes meurt and meutre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. meurt runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against meutre's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses meurt with meutre
A purely visual mix-up. meurt (\mœʁ\) and meutre (\ˈmɔɪ̯tʁə\) 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 51450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meurt is recorded at frequency rank #2,786, classified as averb, pronounced \mœʁ\. 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 51450, this pair ranks #154,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meurt vs meutre
Shared letters: emrtu. Private to "meurt": -. Private to "meutre": -.
"meurt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "meutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meurt" and "meutre" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "meurt" vs "meutre" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "meurt" and "meutre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "meurt" 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 #154,907 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meurt" 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 #154,907 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.