Which to use
“mourir” and “mourrir” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,486
- “mourir” frequency rank
- #25,050
- “mourrir” frequency rank
- 26536
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mourir | mourrir |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cesser de vivre ; devenir mort. | Ancienne orthographe de mourir. |
Same sound, different letters: mourir vs mourrir
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: mourir vs mourrir
This is the hard kind. mourir and mourrir are pronounced identically (\mu.ʁiʁ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mourir is recorded at frequency rank #1,486, classified as averb, pronounced \mu.ʁiʁ\. mourrir is at rank #25,050, tagged as averb, pronounced \mu.ʁiʁ\.
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 26536, this pair ranks #334,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mourir vs mourrir
Shared letters: imoru. Private to "mourir": -. Private to "mourrir": -.
"mourir" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "mourrir" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mourir" for "mourrir" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mourir" or "mourrir"?
Useful next steps
"mourir" and "mourrir" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mourir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mourrir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #334,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mourir" and "mourrir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mourrai vs mourrir". 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 #334,395 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.