Which to use
“muer” and “musa” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,671
- “muer” frequency rank
- #40,381
- “musa” frequency rank
- 89052
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muer | musa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Changer de poil, de plumes, de peau, etc., en parlant des animaux. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de muser. |
Where the eye mixes muer and musa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. muer (CVVC) and musa (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between muer and musa
A purely visual mix-up. muer (\mɥe\) and musa (\my.za\) 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 89052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muer is recorded at frequency rank #48,671, classified as averb, pronounced \mɥe\. musa is at rank #40,381, tagged as averb, pronounced \my.za\.
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 89052, this pair ranks #6,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of muer vs musa
Shared letters: mu. Private to "muer": er. Private to "musa": as.
"muer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "musa" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "muer" for "musa" ever safe?
Which is more common, "muer" or "musa"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "muer" and "musa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "muer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "musa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muer" and "musa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mud vs muer". 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 #6,228 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.