Which to use
“meurtre” and “meute” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,484
- “meurtre” frequency rank
- #13,633
- “meute” frequency rank
- 16117
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meurtre | meute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Homicide volontaire. | Troupe de chiens courants dressés pour la vénerie ou chasse à courre. |
Where the eye mixes meurtre and meute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. meurtre runs 7 letters (CVVCCCV) against meute's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: meurtre vs meute
A purely visual mix-up. meurtre (\mœʁtʁ\) and meute (\møt\) 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 16117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meurtre is recorded at frequency rank #2,484, classified as anoun, pronounced \mœʁtʁ\. meute is at rank #13,633, tagged as anoun, pronounced \møt\.
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 16117, this pair ranks #389,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meurtre vs meute
Shared letters: emtu. Private to "meurtre": r. Private to "meute": -.
"meurtre" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCCV · "meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meurtre" and "meute" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "meurtre" vs "meute" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "meurtre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #389,312 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meurtre" and "meute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meute 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 #389,312 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.