Which to use
“mœurs” and “maur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,361
- “mœurs” frequency rank
- #23,932
- “maur” frequency rank
- 34293
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mœurs | maur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Habitudes, naturelles ou acquises, relatives à la pratique du bien ou du mal au sens de la morale. | Fourmi. |
Where the eye mixes mœurs and maur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mœurs vs maur
A purely visual mix-up. mœurs (\mœʁ\) and maur (\mø.yːr\) 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 34293, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mœurs is recorded at frequency rank #10,361, classified as anoun, pronounced \mœʁ\. maur is at rank #23,932, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mø.yːr\.
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 34293, this pair ranks #284,826 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mœurs vs maur
Shared letters: mru. Private to "mœurs": sœ. Private to "maur": a.
"mœurs" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "maur" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- maur ← amur · maru · maurr · mmaur · muar
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mœurs" for "maur" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mœurs" vs "maur" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mœurs" and "maur" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mœurs" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #284,826 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mœurs" and "maur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maur vs mud". 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 #284,826 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.