Which to use
“urée” and “URL” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,849
- “urée” frequency rank
- #11,874
- “URL” frequency rank
- 60723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | urée | URL |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Substance cristallisable, incolore, de formule chimique COH₄N₂, dont la présence caractérise l’urine de la plupart des animaux dont l’homme. | Adresse d’une ressource Internet comme une page web par exemple, souvent confondue avec l’URI. |
Where the eye mixes urée and URL
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. urée runs 4 letters (VCVV) against URL's 3 (VCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: urée vs URL
A purely visual mix-up. urée (\y.ʁe\) and URL (\y.ɛ.ʁ‿ɛl\) 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 60723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
urée is recorded at frequency rank #48,849, classified as anoun, pronounced \y.ʁe\. URL is at rank #11,874, tagged as anoun, pronounced \y.ɛ.ʁ‿ɛl\.
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 60723, this pair ranks #96,135 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of urée vs URL
Shared letters: ru. Private to "urée": eé. Private to "URL": l.
"urée" · 4 letters · shape VCVV · "URL" · 3 letters · shape VCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "urée" and "URL" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "urée" vs "URL" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "urée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "URL" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #96,135 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "urée" and "URL" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "urée vs urètre". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #96,135 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.