mots

\mo\

/\mo\/ noun

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The verdict

“mots” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #570. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#570
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de mot.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mots · mots · French

mots · rank #570 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #570
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mêmes

Nearest frequency peer: mêmes (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mots »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mots » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

mots vs ms
50% similar
mots vs Mt
25% similar
mots vs mou
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for mots
PropertyValue
Headwordmots
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\mo\
Letters4
Frequency rank#570
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mots »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).motsse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mêmes » (#571), « feu » (#568), « emploi » (#567). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mots » est au #570. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around mots (IPA \mo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #570 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de mot.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for mots, with forms such as "mmots", "motss", and "motts". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ms", "Mt", "mou", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mots, spelled M-O-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de mot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how mots appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il balbutia quelques mots, puis tira son couteau de sa poche, un eustache à manche de corne, coupa son pain par le milieu et en mit la moitié sur les genoux de la jeune mère, qui regarda étonnée ; mais il avait déjà tourné le coin de la rue.
  2. Si les misérables croient en la patrie, c’est parce qu’ils sont la dupe des mots, comme l’étaient les premiers chrétiens qui subissaient le martyre pour un Dieu qui n’existe pas.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmots
  • motss
  • motts
  • mtos
  • omts

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mots - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmots1motss1motts1mtos2omts2
Edit distance from "mots"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mots"?
"mots" is spelled M-O-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mo\.
What does "mots" mean?
As a noun, "mots" means: Pluriel de mot.
What words are commonly confused with "mots"?
"mots" is commonly confused with "ms", "Mt", "mou". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mots"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mots" is \mo\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mots" come from?
"mots" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mots", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

bois#576Date#580mode#585cœur#552

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

route5 variantslaisse5 variantsjeux5 variantsbout5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list