migvsmigréConfusable pair

Quick tell: mig is a pronoun, migré is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mig” is a pronoun and “migré” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,627
“mig” frequency rank
#37,924
“migré” frequency rank
72551
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mig migré
Definition Moi, me. Participe passé masculin singulier de migrer.

Letter map: mig vs migré

Shared letters muted; letters that set mig and migré apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mig runs 3 letters (CVC) against migré's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

3 ch
mig
5 ch
migré

Part-of-speech tell for mig / migré

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mig is apronoun and migréaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mig” sits inside “migré”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72551, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mig is recorded at frequency rank #34,627, classified as apron. migré is at rank #37,924, tagged as averb, pronounced \mi.ɡʁe\.

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 72551, this pair ranks #43,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mig vs migré

Shared letters: gim. Private to "mig": -. Private to "migré": ré.

"mig" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "migré" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mig" and "migré" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mig" is a pronoun and "migré" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "mig" or "migré" show up more?
"mig" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,627 in our French list, against #37,924 for "migré". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mig" and "migré".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "migré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #43,619 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mig" and "migré" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magret vs migré". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #43,619 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