Which to use
“maid” and “mod” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,778
- “maid” frequency rank
- #13,637
- “mod” frequency rank
- 63415
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maid | mod |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Servant·e, bonne, soubrette, généralement une femme. | Package créé par un·e ou plusieurs utilisateurices contenant des modifications de l’apparence ou du comportement d'un jeu vidéo. |
Where the eye mixes maid and mod
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: maid vs mod
A purely visual mix-up. maid (\med\) and mod (\mɔd\) 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 63415, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maid is recorded at frequency rank #49,778, classified as anoun, pronounced \med\. mod is at rank #13,637, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔd\.
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 63415, this pair ranks #82,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maid vs mod
Shared letters: dm. Private to "maid": ai. Private to "mod": o.
"maid" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "mod" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- maid ← amid · madi · maidd · miad · mmaid
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "maid" for "mod" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "maid" or "mod" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "maid" and "mod" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maid" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mod" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maid" and "mod" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maid 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 #82,077 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.