Which to use
“maintes” and “moites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,028
- “maintes” frequency rank
- #40,873
- “moites” frequency rank
- 50901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maintes | moites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de maint. | Pluriel de moite. |
Where the eye mixes maintes and moites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. maintes runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against moites's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between maintes and moites
A purely visual mix-up. maintes (\mɛ̃t\) and moites (\mwat\) 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 50901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maintes is recorded at frequency rank #10,028, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɛ̃t\. moites is at rank #40,873, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mwat\.
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 50901, this pair ranks #159,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maintes vs moites
Shared letters: eimst. Private to "maintes": an. Private to "moites": o.
"maintes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "moites" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maintes" and "moites" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "maintes" vs "moites" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "maintes" and "moites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maintes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maintes" and "moites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moites vs moqués". 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 #159,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.