McDovsmiroTell them apart

Quick tell: McDo is a name, miro is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“McDo” is a name and “miro” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,211
“McDo” frequency rank
#38,426
“miro” frequency rank
51637
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature McDo miro
Definition McDonald’s. Myope ; qui a une mauvaise vue.

Where the eye mixes McDo and miro

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
McDo
4 ch
miro

Visual trap between McDo and miro

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: McDo is \mak.do\ while miro is \mi.ʁo\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51637, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

McDo is recorded at frequency rank #13,211, classified as aname, pronounced \mak.do\. miro is at rank #38,426, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mi.ʁo\.

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 51637, this pair ranks #153,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of McDo vs miro

Shared letters: mo. Private to "McDo": cd. Private to "miro": ir.

"McDo" · 4 letters · shape CCCV  ·  "miro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • McDocmdo · mccdo · mcddo · mcod · mdco · mmcdo
  • miroimro · mior · mirro · mmiro · mrio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "McDo" for "miro" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "McDo" is a name and "miro" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "McDo" or "miro"?
"McDo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,211 in our French list, against #38,426 for "miro". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "McDo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "miro" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #153,541 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "McDo" and "miro" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miro vs mito". 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 #153,541 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