Which to use
“maquettes” and “mouettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,387
- “maquettes” frequency rank
- #31,611
- “mouettes” frequency rank
- 52998
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maquettes | mouettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de maquette. | Moettes. |
Where the eye mixes maquettes and mouettes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. maquettes runs 9 letters (CVCVVCCVC) against mouettes's 8 (CVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: maquettes vs mouettes
A purely visual mix-up. maquettes (\ma.kɛt\) and mouettes (\mwɛt\) 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 52998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maquettes is recorded at frequency rank #21,387, classified as anoun, pronounced \ma.kɛt\. mouettes is at rank #31,611, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwɛt\.
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 52998, this pair ranks #143,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maquettes vs mouettes
Shared letters: emstu. Private to "maquettes": aq. Private to "mouettes": o.
"maquettes" · 9 letters · shape CVCVVCCVC · "mouettes" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maquettes" and "mouettes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "maquettes" or "mouettes"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "maquettes" and "mouettes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maquettes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mouettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #143,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maquettes" and "mouettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mouettes vs muettes". 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 #143,785 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.