Which to use
“migré” is a verb and “moire” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,924
- “migré” frequency rank
- #48,051
- “moire” frequency rank
- 85975
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | migré | moire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de migrer. | 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 migré and moire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. migré (CVCCV) and moire (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: migré vs moire
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: migré is \mi.ɡʁe\ while moire is \mwaʁ\. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85975, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
migré is recorded at frequency rank #37,924, classified as averb, pronounced \mi.ɡʁe\. 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 85975, this pair ranks #10,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of migré vs moire
Shared letters: imr. Private to "migré": gé. Private to "moire": eo.
"migré" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "moire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- moire ← miore · mmoire · moier · moirre · morie · omire
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "migré" and "moire" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "migré" or "moire"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "migré" 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 #10,441 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "migré" 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 #10,441 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.