mauditvsmauditeTell them apart

Which to use

“maudit” and “maudite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,863
“maudit” frequency rank
#16,181
“maudite” frequency rank
24044
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature maudit maudite
Definition Qui est très mauvais. Féminin singulier de maudit.

Where the eye mixes maudit and maudite

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. maudit runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against maudite's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
maudit
7 ch
maudite

Why the eye confuses maudit with maudite

A purely visual mix-up. maudit (\mo.di\) and maudite (\mo.dit\) 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 extra letter(s) - “maudit” sits inside “maudite”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maudit is recorded at frequency rank #7,863, classified as anadj, pronounced \mo.di\. maudite is at rank #16,181, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mo.dit\.

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 24044, this pair ranks #348,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of maudit vs maudite

Shared letters: adimtu. Private to "maudit": -. Private to "maudite": e.

"maudit" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "maudite" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • maudit ← amudit · maduit · mauddit · mauditt · maudti · mauidt · mmaudit · muadit
  • maudite ← amudite · maduite · mauddite · maudiet · mauditte · maudtie · mauidte · mmaudite

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "maudit" and "maudite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\mo.di\ versus \mo.dit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "maudit" vs "maudite" - which ranks higher?
"maudit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,863 in our French list, against #16,181 for "maudite". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "maudit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "maudite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #348,957 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "maudit" and "maudite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Maddie vs maudite". 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 #348,957 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list