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“meurtrie” and “meurtriers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,733
- “meurtrie” frequency rank
- #14,315
- “meurtriers” frequency rank
- 60048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meurtrie | meurtriers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de meurtri. | Masculin pluriel de meurtrier. |
Where the eye mixes meurtrie and meurtriers
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. meurtrie runs 8 letters (CVVCCCVV) against meurtriers's 10 (CVVCCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses meurtrie with meurtriers
A purely visual mix-up. meurtrie (\mœʁ.tʁi\) and meurtriers (\mœʁ.tʁi.je\) 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 extra letter(s) - “meurtrie” sits inside “meurtriers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60048, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meurtrie is recorded at frequency rank #45,733, classified as anadj, pronounced \mœʁ.tʁi\. meurtriers is at rank #14,315, tagged as anadj, 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 60048, this pair ranks #99,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meurtrie vs meurtriers
Shared letters: eimrtu. Private to "meurtrie": -. Private to "meurtriers": s.
"meurtrie" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVV · "meurtriers" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meurtrie ← emurtrie · merutrie · meurrtie · meurrtrie · meurtire · meurtrei · meurtrrie · meurttrie
- meurtriers ← emurtriers · merutriers · meurrtiers · meurrtriers · meurtirers · meurtreirs · meurtrierrs · meurtrierss
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meurtrie" and "meurtriers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "meurtrie" vs "meurtriers" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "meurtrie" and "meurtriers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "meurtrie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meurtriers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,745 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meurtrie" and "meurtriers" 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 #99,745 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.