moudrevsmourrezConfusable pair

Which to use

“moudre” and “mourrez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#32,919
“moudre” frequency rank
#34,631
“mourrez” frequency rank
67550
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moudre mourrez
Definition Mettre en poudre au moyen d’un moulin. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de mourir.

Where the eye mixes moudre and mourrez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. moudre runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against mourrez's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
moudre
7 ch
mourrez

Look-alike desk: moudre vs mourrez

A purely visual mix-up. moudre (\mudʁ\) and mourrez (\muʁ.ʁe\) 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 67550, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moudre is recorded at frequency rank #32,919, classified as averb, pronounced \mudʁ\. mourrez is at rank #34,631, tagged as averb, pronounced \muʁ.ʁe\.

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 67550, this pair ranks #62,930 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moudre vs mourrez

Shared letters: emoru. Private to "moudre": d. Private to "mourrez": z.

"moudre" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV  ·  "mourrez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moudre ← mmoudre · modure · mouddre · mouder · moudrre · mourde · muodre · omudre
  • mourrez ← mmourrez · morurez · mourerz · mourez · mourrezz · mourrze · muorrez · omurrez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "moudre" for "mourrez" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\mudʁ\ versus \muʁ.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "moudre" vs "mourrez" - which ranks higher?
"moudre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,919 in our French list, against #34,631 for "mourrez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "moudre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mourrez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #62,930 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moudre" and "mourrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mordue vs moudre". 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 #62,930 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list