magretvsmoretConfusable pair

Which to use

“magret” and “moret” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,201
“magret” frequency rank
#36,964
“moret” frequency rank
86165
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magret moret
Definition Filet de viande maigre découpé à partir de la poitrine d’une oie ou d’un canard gras. Airelle.

Where the eye mixes magret and moret

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
magret
5 ch
moret

Visual trap between magret and moret

A purely visual mix-up. magret (\ma.ɡʁɛ\) and moret (\mɔ.ʁɛ\) 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 86165, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

magret is recorded at frequency rank #49,201, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.ɡʁɛ\. moret is at rank #36,964, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.ʁɛ\.

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 86165, this pair ranks #10,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of magret vs moret

Shared letters: emrt. Private to "magret": ag. Private to "moret": o.

"magret" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "moret" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magretamgret · magert · maggret · magrett · magrret · magrte · marget · mgaret
  • moretmmoret · moert · morett · morret · mroet · omret

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "magret" and "moret" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ma.ɡʁɛ\ versus \mɔ.ʁɛ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "magret" or "moret"?
"moret" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,964 in our French list, against #49,201 for "magret". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "magret" and "moret" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "magret" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moret" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #10,136 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magret" and "moret" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magret vs maigret". 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 #10,136 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list