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Which to use

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

#19,605
“mourra” frequency rank
#34,631
“mourrez” frequency rank
54236
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mourra mourrez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de mourir. Deuxième personne du pluriel du futur de mourir.

Where the eye mixes mourra and mourrez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mourra 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
mourra
7 ch
mourrez

Visual trap between mourra and mourrez

A purely visual mix-up. mourra (\muʁ.ʁa\) 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 54236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mourra is recorded at frequency rank #19,605, classified as averb, pronounced \muʁ.ʁa\. 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 54236, this pair ranks #135,346 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mourra vs mourrez

Shared letters: moru. Private to "mourra": a. Private to "mourrez": ez.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mourra ← mmourra · morura · mourar · muorra · omurra
  • mourrez ← mmourrez · morurez · mourerz · mourez · mourrezz · mourrze · muorrez · omurrez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mourra" and "mourrez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\muʁ.ʁa\ versus \muʁ.ʁe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "mourra" or "mourrez"?
"mourra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,605 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.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "mourra" and "mourrez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mourra" 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 #135,346 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mourra" and "mourrez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mourrai vs mourrez". 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 #135,346 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