Which to use
“Mord” and “mûre” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,002
- “Mord” frequency rank
- #22,950
- “mûre” frequency rank
- 40952
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mord | mûre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Meurtre. | Fruit composé comestible des mûriers (Morus) de couleur d’abord blanchâtre, puis rouge et enfin noire à maturité. Il est composé de petites baies globuleuses formées par le périanthe devenu charnu et portant un petit akène qui est le vrai fruit, et accolées les unes aux autres en épi. |
Where the eye mixes Mord and mûre
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Mord with mûre
A purely visual mix-up. Mord (\mɔʁt\) and mûre (\myʁ\) 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 40952, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mord is recorded at frequency rank #18,002, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁt\. mûre is at rank #22,950, tagged as anoun, pronounced \myʁ\.
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 40952, this pair ranks #236,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Mord vs mûre
Shared letters: mr. Private to "Mord": do. Private to "mûre": eû.
"Mord" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "mûre" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Mord ← mmord · modr · mordd · morrd · mrod · omrd
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Mord" for "mûre" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "Mord" or "mûre" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Mord" and "mûre" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mord" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mûre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #236,711 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mord" and "mûre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mud vs mûre". 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 #236,711 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.