Which to use
“médoc” and “modo” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,342
- “médoc” frequency rank
- #16,677
- “modo” frequency rank
- 39019
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | médoc | modo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bordeaux renommé pour sa couleur rubis, son bouquet, sa finesse et son moelleux, provenant du Bas et Haut-Médoc, classé en grands crus (Château-Lafitte, Château-Latour, Château-Margaux), crus bourgeois et crus artisans. | Langue nilosaharienne du groupe soudanique central parlée au Soudan. |
Where the eye mixes médoc and modo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. médoc runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against modo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between médoc and modo
A purely visual mix-up. médoc (\me.dɔk\) and modo (\mɔ.dɔ\) 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 39019, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
médoc is recorded at frequency rank #22,342, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.dɔk\. modo is at rank #16,677, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.dɔ\.
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 39019, this pair ranks #251,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of médoc vs modo
Shared letters: dmo. Private to "médoc": cé. Private to "modo": -.
"médoc" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "modo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- modo ← mdoo · mmodo · moddo · omdo
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "médoc" for "modo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "médoc" vs "modo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "médoc" and "modo" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "médoc" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "modo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #251,085 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "médoc" and "modo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "médoc vs memo". 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 #251,085 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.