Which to use
“madre” and “modéré” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,769
- “madre” frequency rank
- #9,044
- “modéré” frequency rank
- 42813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | madre | modéré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bois veiné, ou tacheté issus du cœur ou de la racine et généralement utilisé pour confectionner des récipients pour boire | Partisan de positions politiques non extrémistes. |
Where the eye mixes madre and modéré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. madre runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against modéré's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between madre and modéré
A purely visual mix-up. madre (\madʁ\) and modéré (\mɔ.de.ʁe\) 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 42813, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
madre is recorded at frequency rank #33,769, classified as anoun, pronounced \madʁ\. modéré is at rank #9,044, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.de.ʁe\.
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 42813, this pair ranks #222,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of madre vs modéré
Shared letters: dmr. Private to "madre": ae. Private to "modéré": oé.
"madre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "modéré" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- madre ← amdre · maddre · mader · madrre · mdare · mmadre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "madre" for "modéré" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "madre" or "modéré" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "madre" and "modéré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "madre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "modéré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #222,760 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "madre" and "modéré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "madre vs magret". 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 #222,760 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.