médusevsmoduleConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#26,098
“méduse” frequency rank
#8,275
“module” frequency rank
34373
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature méduse module
Definition Personne laide et repoussante. Mesure arbitraire servant à établir les rapports de proportion entre toutes les parties d’un ouvrage d’architecture.

Where the eye mixes méduse and module

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
méduse
6 ch
module

Visual trap between méduse and module

A purely visual mix-up. méduse (\me.dyz\) and module (\mo.dyl\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34373, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

méduse is recorded at frequency rank #26,098, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.dyz\. module is at rank #8,275, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mo.dyl\.

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 34373, this pair ranks #284,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of méduse vs module

Shared letters: demu. Private to "méduse": . Private to "module": lo.

"méduse" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "module" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • modulemdoule · mmodule · moddule · modlue · moduel · modulle · moudle · omdule

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "méduse" and "module" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\me.dyz\ versus \mo.dyl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "méduse" or "module" show up more?
"module" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,275 in our French list, against #26,098 for "méduse". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "méduse" and "module" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "méduse" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "module" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #284,288 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "méduse" and "module" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "méduse vs meneuse". 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 #284,288 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