Which to use
“mémoires” is a noun and “memories” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,052
- “mémoires” frequency rank
- #32,480
- “memories” frequency rank
- 37532
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mémoires | memories |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Récit écrit qu’une personne fait des événements auxquels elle a participé ou dont elle a été témoin. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de memoriar. |
Where the eye mixes mémoires and memories
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mémoires (CVCVVCVC) and memories (CVCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: mémoires vs memories
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mémoires is \me.mwaʁ\ while memories is \mɨ.mu.ɾi.ɨʃ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37532, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mémoires is recorded at frequency rank #5,052, classified as anoun, pronounced \me.mwaʁ\. memories is at rank #32,480, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɨ.mu.ɾi.ɨʃ\.
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 37532, this pair ranks #261,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mémoires vs memories
Shared letters: eimors. Private to "mémoires": é. Private to "memories": -.
"mémoires" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC · "memories" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- memories ← emmories · memmories · memoreis · memoriess · memorise · memorries · memroies · meomries
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mémoires" and "memories" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mémoires" vs "memories" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mémoires" and "memories" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mémoires" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "memories" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #261,829 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mémoires" and "memories" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memories vs mémoriser". 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 #261,829 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.