Which to use
“mur” and “murs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,531
- “mur” frequency rank
- #2,288
- “murs” frequency rank
- 3819
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mur | murs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Édification généralement verticale élevée en divers matériaux, pour enclore un espace, séparer des pièces, ou soutenir quelque chose. | Pluriel de mur. |
Same sound, different letters: mur vs murs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 3 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - mur and murs
This is the hard kind. mur and murs are pronounced identically (\myʁ\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “mur” sits inside “murs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3819, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mur is recorded at frequency rank #1,531, classified as anoun, pronounced \myʁ\. murs is at rank #2,288, tagged as anoun, 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 3819, this pair ranks #433,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mur vs murs
Shared letters: mru. Private to "mur": -. Private to "murs": s.
"mur" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "murs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- murs ← mmurs · mrus · murrs · murss · musr · umrs
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mur" and "murs" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mur" vs "murs" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "murs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #433,137 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mur" and "murs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mud vs murs". 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 #433,137 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.