Which to use
“maires” and “mamies” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,362
- “maires” frequency rank
- #40,365
- “mamies” frequency rank
- 45727
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maires | mamies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de maire. | Pluriel de mamie. |
Where the eye mixes maires and mamies
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. maires (CVVCVC) and mamies (CVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: maires vs mamies
A purely visual mix-up. maires (\mɛʁ\) and mamies (\ma.mi\) 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 45727, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maires is recorded at frequency rank #5,362, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛʁ\. mamies is at rank #40,365, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ma.mi\.
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 45727, this pair ranks #200,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maires vs mamies
Shared letters: aeims. Private to "maires": r. Private to "mamies": -.
"maires" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "mamies" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maires" and "mamies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "maires" vs "mamies" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "maires" and "mamies" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maires" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mamies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #200,492 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maires" and "mamies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mamies vs manies". 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 #200,492 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.