Which to use
“meurtri” is an adjective and “meurtrier” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,188
- “meurtri” frequency rank
- #9,043
- “meurtrier” frequency rank
- 43231
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meurtri | meurtrier |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est marqué d'une meurtrissure. | Celui qui a commis un meurtre. |
Where the eye mixes meurtri and meurtrier
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. meurtri runs 7 letters (CVVCCCV) against meurtrier's 9 (CVVCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: meurtri vs meurtrier
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meurtri is \mœʁ.tʁi\ while meurtrier is \mœʁ.tʁi.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “meurtri” sits inside “meurtrier”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43231, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meurtri is recorded at frequency rank #34,188, classified as anadj, pronounced \mœʁ.tʁi\. meurtrier is at rank #9,043, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mœʁ.tʁi.je\.
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 43231, this pair ranks #219,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meurtri vs meurtrier
Shared letters: eimrtu. Private to "meurtri": -. Private to "meurtrier": -.
"meurtri" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCCV · "meurtrier" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meurtri" and "meurtrier" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "meurtri" or "meurtrier" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "meurtri" and "meurtrier" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "meurtri" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meurtrier" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #219,679 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meurtri" and "meurtrier" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meurtri 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 #219,679 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.