Which to use
“mètre” and “moire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,113
- “mètre” frequency rank
- #48,051
- “moire” frequency rank
- 54164
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mètre | moire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de mesure de longueur du Système international, dont le symbole est m. Le mètre est défini de manière universelle depuis 1983 par la longueur du trajet parcouru par la lumière dans le vide en 1/299 792 458 de seconde. | Apprêt que reçoivent, par un calandrage spécifique, certaines étoffes de soie, de laine, de coton ou de lin, et qui leur communique un éclat changeant, une apparence ondée et chatoyante. |
Where the eye mixes mètre and moire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mètre (CVCCV) and moire (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses mètre with moire
A purely visual mix-up. mètre (\mɛtʁ\) and moire (\mwaʁ\) 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 54164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mètre is recorded at frequency rank #6,113, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɛtʁ\. moire is at rank #48,051, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwaʁ\.
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 54164, this pair ranks #135,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mètre vs moire
Shared letters: emr. Private to "mètre": tè. Private to "moire": io.
"mètre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "moire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- moire ← miore · mmoire · moier · moirre · morie · omire
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mètre" and "moire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mètre" or "moire" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mètre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,834 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mètre" and "moire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moire vs moisie". 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 #135,834 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.