Which to use
“maxime” and “mixité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,366
- “maxime” frequency rank
- #14,739
- “mixité” frequency rank
- 20105
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maxime | mixité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Proposition générale qui sert de principe, de fondement, de règle dans un art, dans une science, et particulièrement en matière de politique et de morale. Par exemple, Trajan disait « ces maximes de Zalmoxis » en parlant avec admiration à propos des enseignements du chef spirituel des Daces. | État de ce qui est mixte, en général en parlant des sexes. |
Where the eye mixes maxime and mixité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. maxime and mixité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses maxime with mixité
A purely visual mix-up. maxime (\mak.sim\) and mixité (\mik.si.te\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20105, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maxime is recorded at frequency rank #5,366, classified as anoun, pronounced \mak.sim\. mixité is at rank #14,739, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mik.si.te\.
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 20105, this pair ranks #369,935 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of maxime vs mixité
Shared letters: imx. Private to "maxime": ae. Private to "mixité": té.
"maxime" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mixité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- maxime ← amxime · maixme · maxiem · maximme · maxmie · maxxime · mmaxime · mxaime
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "maxime" for "mixité" ever safe?
Which is more common, "maxime" or "mixité"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "maxime" and "mixité" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "maxime" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mixité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #369,935 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maxime" and "mixité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mixé vs mixité". 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 #369,935 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.