Which to use
“meurtrier” is a noun and “meurtriers” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,043
- “meurtrier” frequency rank
- #14,315
- “meurtriers” frequency rank
- 23358
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meurtrier | meurtriers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celui qui a commis un meurtre. | Masculin pluriel de meurtrier. |
Same sound, different letters: meurtrier vs meurtriers
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. meurtrier runs 9 letters (CVVCCCVVC) against meurtriers's 10 (CVVCCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - meurtrier / meurtriers
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: meurtrier and meurtriers carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mœʁ.tʁi.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “meurtrier” sits inside “meurtriers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23358, 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\. 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 23358, this pair ranks #352,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meurtrier vs meurtriers
Shared letters: eimrtu. Private to "meurtrier": -. Private to "meurtriers": s.
"meurtrier" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCCVVC · "meurtriers" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meurtrier ← emurtrier · merutrier · meurrtier · meurrtrier · meurtirer · meurtreir · meurtrierr · meurtrire
- meurtriers ← emurtriers · merutriers · meurrtiers · meurrtriers · meurtirers · meurtreirs · meurtrierrs · meurtrierss
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "meurtrier" 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 #352,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meurtrier" and "meurtriers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meurtrie vs meurtriers". 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 #352,970 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.