mauditesvsmauditsConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#44,575
“maudites” frequency rank
#18,530
“maudits” frequency rank
63105
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature maudites maudits
Definition Féminin pluriel de maudit. Masculin pluriel de maudit.

Where the eye mixes maudites and maudits

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
maudites
7 ch
maudits

Look-alike desk: maudites vs maudits

A purely visual mix-up. maudites (\mo.dit\) and maudits (\mo.di\) 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 63105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maudites is recorded at frequency rank #44,575, classified as anadj, pronounced \mo.dit\. maudits is at rank #18,530, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mo.di\.

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 63105, this pair ranks #83,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of maudites vs maudits

Shared letters: adimstu. Private to "maudites": e. Private to "maudits": -.

"maudites" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC  ·  "maudits" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mauditesamudites · maduites · mauddites · maudiets · mauditess · mauditse · maudittes · maudties
  • mauditsamudits · maduits · mauddits · maudist · mauditss · mauditts · maudtis · mauidts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "maudites" and "maudits" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\mo.dit\ versus \mo.di\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "maudites" or "maudits"?
"maudits" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,530 in our French list, against #44,575 for "maudites". 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 "maudites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "maudits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #83,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "maudites" and "maudits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maudire vs maudites". 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 #83,721 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