Which to use
“maître” and “moitié” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #946
- “maître” frequency rank
- #849
- “moitié” frequency rank
- 1795
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maître | moitié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne qui exerce son autorité. | L’une des parties d’un tout divisé, partagé également en deux. |
Where the eye mixes maître and moitié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. maître (CVVCCV) and moitié (CVVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: maître vs moitié
A purely visual mix-up. maître (\mɛtʁ\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1795, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maître is recorded at frequency rank #946, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛtʁ\. 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 1795, this pair ranks #437,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of maître vs moitié
Shared letters: mt. Private to "maître": aerî. Private to "moitié": ioé.
"maître" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "moitié" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maître" and "moitié" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "maître" vs "moitié" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "maître" and "moitié" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maître" 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 #437,387 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maître" and "moitié" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moisie vs moitié". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #437,387 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.