Which to use
“made” and “modi” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,860
- “made” frequency rank
- #45,175
- “modi” frequency rank
- 53035
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | made | modi |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fruit du Saba senegalensis. | Pluriel de modus. |
Where the eye mixes made and modi
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between made and modi
A purely visual mix-up. made (\mad\) and modi (\mɔ.di\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53035, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
made is recorded at frequency rank #7,860, classified as anoun, pronounced \mad\. modi is at rank #45,175, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.di\.
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 53035, this pair ranks #143,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of made vs modi
Shared letters: dm. Private to "made": ae. Private to "modi": io.
"made" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "modi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "made" and "modi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "made" vs "modi" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "made" and "modi" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "made" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "modi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,529 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "made" and "modi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modi 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 #143,529 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.