Which to use
“meutre” and “moudre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,664
- “meutre” frequency rank
- #32,919
- “moudre” frequency rank
- 81583
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meutre | moudre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de meutern. | Mettre en poudre au moyen d’un moulin. |
Where the eye mixes meutre and moudre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. meutre and moudre follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: meutre vs moudre
A purely visual mix-up. meutre (\ˈmɔɪ̯tʁə\) and moudre (\mudʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81583, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meutre is recorded at frequency rank #48,664, classified as averb, pronounced \ˈmɔɪ̯tʁə\. moudre is at rank #32,919, tagged as averb, pronounced \mudʁ\.
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 81583, this pair ranks #18,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meutre vs moudre
Shared letters: emru. Private to "meutre": t. Private to "moudre": do.
"meutre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "moudre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meutre" and "moudre" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "meutre" or "moudre"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "meutre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moudre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #18,444 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meutre" and "moudre" 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 #18,444 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.