Which to use
“meurtre” is a noun and “meutre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,484
- “meurtre” frequency rank
- #48,664
- “meutre” frequency rank
- 51148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meurtre | meutre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Homicide volontaire. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de meutern. |
Where the eye mixes meurtre and meutre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. meurtre runs 7 letters (CVVCCCV) against meutre's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between meurtre and meutre
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meurtre is \mœʁtʁ\ while meutre is \ˈmɔɪ̯tʁə\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51148, 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\. 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 51148, this pair ranks #157,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meurtre vs meutre
Shared letters: emrtu. Private to "meurtre": -. Private to "meutre": -.
"meurtre" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCCV · "meutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meurtre" and "meutre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "meurtre" vs "meutre" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "meurtre" and "meutre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "meurtre" 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 #157,199 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meurtre" 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 #157,199 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.