Which to use
“mairies” and “moitiés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,527
- “mairies” frequency rank
- #41,902
- “moitiés” frequency rank
- 60429
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mairies | moitiés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mairie. | Pluriel de moitié. |
Where the eye mixes mairies and moitiés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mairies and moitiés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses mairies with moitiés
A purely visual mix-up. mairies (\me.ʁi\) and moitiés (\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 60429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mairies is recorded at frequency rank #18,527, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.ʁi\. moitiés is at rank #41,902, 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 60429, this pair ranks #97,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mairies vs moitiés
Shared letters: ims. Private to "mairies": aer. Private to "moitiés": oté.
"mairies" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC · "moitiés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mairies ← amiries · maiires · maireis · mairiess · mairise · mairries · mariies · miaries
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mairies" and "moitiés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mairies" or "moitiés"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mairies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moitiés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #97,638 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mairies" and "moitiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moisie vs moitiés". 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 #97,638 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.