Which to use
“maze” and “mixé” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,371
- “maze” frequency rank
- #40,872
- “mixé” frequency rank
- 81243
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maze | mixé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de mazer. | Participe passé masculin singulier de mixer. |
Where the eye mixes maze and mixé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence. maze and mixé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: maze vs mixé
A purely visual mix-up. maze (\maz\) and mixé (\mik.se\) 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 81243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maze is recorded at frequency rank #40,371, classified as averb, pronounced \maz\. mixé is at rank #40,872, tagged as averb, pronounced \mik.se\.
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 81243, this pair ranks #19,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maze vs mixé
Shared letters: m. Private to "maze": aez. Private to "mixé": ixé.
"maze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mixé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- maze ← amze · maez · mazze · mmaze · mzae
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "maze" for "mixé" ever safe?
Frequency check: "maze" vs "mixé" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "maze" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mixé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,177 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maze" and "mixé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mito vs mixé". 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 #19,177 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.