Which to use
“meurtrier” and “meurtrière” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,043
- “meurtrier” frequency rank
- #14,736
- “meurtrière” frequency rank
- 23779
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meurtrier | meurtrière |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui a commis un meurtre. | Celle qui a commis un meurtre. |
Where the eye mixes meurtrier and meurtrière
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. meurtrier runs 9 letters (CVVCCCVVC) against meurtrière's 10 (CVVCCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between meurtrier and meurtrière
A purely visual mix-up. meurtrier (\mœʁ.tʁi.je\) and meurtrière (\mœʁ.tʁi.jɛʁ\) 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 23779, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meurtrier is recorded at frequency rank #9,043, classified as anoun, pronounced \mœʁ.tʁi.je\. meurtrière is at rank #14,736, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mœʁ.tʁi.jɛʁ\.
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 23779, this pair ranks #350,496 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meurtrier vs meurtrière
Shared letters: eimrtu. Private to "meurtrier": -. Private to "meurtrière": è.
"meurtrier" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCCVVC · "meurtrière" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- meurtrier ← emurtrier · merutrier · meurrtier · meurrtrier · meurtirer · meurtreir · meurtrierr · meurtrire
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meurtrier" and "meurtrière" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "meurtrier" or "meurtrière"?
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 "meurtrier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meurtrière" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,496 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meurtrier" and "meurtrière" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meurtrie vs meurtrière". 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 #350,496 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.