Which to use
“mare” and “moire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,992
- “mare” frequency rank
- #48,051
- “moire” frequency rank
- 60043
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mare | moire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit amas d’eau dormante qui se forme naturellement par l’abaissement du sol, ou qu’on produit artificiellement dans les villages et dans les fermes, pour des usages communs ou domestiques. | Apprêt que reçoivent, par un calandrage spécifique, certaines étoffes de soie, de laine, de coton ou de lin, et qui leur communique un éclat changeant, une apparence ondée et chatoyante. |
Where the eye mixes mare and moire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mare runs 4 letters (CVCV) against moire's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mare and moire
A purely visual mix-up. mare (\mɑʁ\) and moire (\mwaʁ\) 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 60043, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mare is recorded at frequency rank #11,992, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɑʁ\. moire is at rank #48,051, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwaʁ\.
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 60043, this pair ranks #99,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mare vs moire
Shared letters: emr. Private to "mare": a. Private to "moire": io.
"mare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "moire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mare" and "moire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mare" vs "moire" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mare" and "moire" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mare" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #99,783 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mare" and "moire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moire 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 #99,783 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.