Which to use
“malus” and “moldus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,666
- “malus” frequency rank
- #43,561
- “moldus” frequency rank
- 68227
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malus | moldus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pénalité financière à laquelle sont soumis les assurés ayant trop d’accidents. | Pluriel de moldu. |
Where the eye mixes malus and moldus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. malus runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against moldus's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between malus and moldus
A purely visual mix-up. malus (\ma.lys\) and moldus (\mɔl.dy\) 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 68227, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malus is recorded at frequency rank #24,666, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.lys\. moldus is at rank #43,561, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔl.dy\.
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 68227, this pair ranks #60,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of malus vs moldus
Shared letters: lmsu. Private to "malus": a. Private to "moldus": do.
"malus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "moldus" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "malus" and "moldus" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "malus" or "moldus"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "malus" and "moldus" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "malus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moldus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,017 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malus" and "moldus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moldus vs mordue". 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 #60,017 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.