munisvsmûresTell them apart

Which to use

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

#17,198
“munis” frequency rank
#25,411
“mûres” frequency rank
42609
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature munis mûres
Definition Masculin pluriel de muni. Féminin pluriel de mûr.

Where the eye mixes munis and mûres

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

5 ch
munis
5 ch
mûres

Why the eye confuses munis with mûres

A purely visual mix-up. munis (\my.ni\) and mûres (\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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42609, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

munis is recorded at frequency rank #17,198, classified as anadj, pronounced \my.ni\. mûres is at rank #25,411, tagged as anadj, 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 42609, this pair ranks #224,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of munis vs mûres

Shared letters: ms. Private to "munis": inu. Private to "mûres": erû.

"munis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mûres" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • munismmunis · mnuis · muins · muniss · munnis · munsi · umnis

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "munis" for "mûres" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\my.ni\ versus \myʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "munis" vs "mûres" - which ranks higher?
"munis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,198 in our French list, against #25,411 for "mûres". 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 "munis" and "mûres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "munis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mûres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #224,326 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "munis" and "mûres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muer vs mûres". 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 #224,326 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