MillervsmollesConfusable pair

Quick tell: Miller is a name, molles is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Miller” is a name and “molles” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,086
“Miller” frequency rank
#26,445
“molles” frequency rank
33531
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Miller molles
Definition Nom de famille anglais. Féminin pluriel de mou.

Letter map: Miller vs molles

Shared letters muted; letters that set Miller and molles apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Miller and molles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Miller
6 ch
molles

Part-of-speech tell for Miller / molles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Miller is aname and mollesanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33531, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Miller is recorded at frequency rank #7,086, classified as aname. molles is at rank #26,445, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔl\.

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 33531, this pair ranks #290,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Miller vs molles

Shared letters: elm. Private to "Miller": ir. Private to "molles": os.

"Miller" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "molles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Miller ← imller · milelr · miler · millerr · millre · mliler · mmiller
  • molles ← mloles · mmolles · molels · moles · molless · mollse · omlles

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Miller" and "molles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Miller" is a name and "molles" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Miller" or "molles" show up more?
"Miller" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,086 in our French list, against #26,445 for "molles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Miller" and "molles". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Miller" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "molles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #290,010 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Miller" and "molles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "molles vs moqués". 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 #290,010 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