Which to use
“mûre” is a noun and “mûres” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,950
- “mûre” frequency rank
- #25,411
- “mûres” frequency rank
- 48361
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mûre | mûres |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit composé comestible des mûriers (Morus) de couleur d’abord blanchâtre, puis rouge et enfin noire à maturité. Il est composé de petites baies globuleuses formées par le périanthe devenu charnu et portant un petit akène qui est le vrai fruit, et accolées les unes aux autres en épi. | Féminin pluriel de mûr. |
Same sound, different letters: mûre vs mûres
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - mûre and mûres
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mûre and mûres carry the same recorded pronunciation, \myʁ\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mûre” sits inside “mûres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48361, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mûre is recorded at frequency rank #22,950, classified as anoun, pronounced \myʁ\. 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 48361, this pair ranks #179,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mûre vs mûres
Shared letters: emrû. Private to "mûre": -. Private to "mûres": s.
"mûre" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mûres" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mûre" and "mûres" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mûre" vs "mûres" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mûre" 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 #179,527 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mûre" and "mûres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muer vs mûres". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #179,527 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.