Which to use
“mairie” and “moitié” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,430
- “mairie” frequency rank
- #849
- “moitié” frequency rank
- 3279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mairie | moitié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Charge, dignité de maire. | L’une des parties d’un tout divisé, partagé également en deux. |
Where the eye mixes mairie and moitié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mairie and moitié follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses mairie with moitié
A purely visual mix-up. mairie (\me.ʁi\) and moitié (\mwa.tje\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mairie is recorded at frequency rank #2,430, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.ʁi\. moitié is at rank #849, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwa.tje\.
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 3279, this pair ranks #434,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mairie vs moitié
Shared letters: im. Private to "mairie": aer. Private to "moitié": oté.
"mairie" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "moitié" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mairie ← amirie · maiire · mairei · mairrie · mariie · miarie · mmairie
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mairie" and "moitié" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mairie" vs "moitié" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mairie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moitié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #434,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mairie" and "moitié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mairie vs moisie". 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 #434,410 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.