Which to use
“martelé” and “mortels” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,914
- “martelé” frequency rank
- #10,033
- “mortels” frequency rank
- 47947
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | martelé | mortels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie une médaille dont on a effacé le revers, qui était commun, pour frapper à la place un revers plus rare | Masculin pluriel de mortel. |
Where the eye mixes martelé and mortels
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. martelé (CVCCVCV) and mortels (CVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between martelé and mortels
A purely visual mix-up. martelé (\maʁ.tə.le\) and mortels (\mɔʁ.tɛl\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
martelé is recorded at frequency rank #37,914, classified as anadj, pronounced \maʁ.tə.le\. mortels is at rank #10,033, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔʁ.tɛl\.
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 47947, this pair ranks #182,884 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of martelé vs mortels
Shared letters: elmrt. Private to "martelé": aé. Private to "mortels": os.
"martelé" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "mortels" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mortels ← mmortels · moretls · morrtels · mortells · mortelss · mortesl · mortles · morttels
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "martelé" for "mortels" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "martelé" or "mortels" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "martelé" and "mortels" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "martelé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mortels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,884 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "martelé" and "mortels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "martelé vs marteler". 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 #182,884 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.