Which to use
“mine” and “more” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,885
- “mine” frequency rank
- #6,852
- “more” frequency rank
- 9737
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mine | more |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Endroit d’où l’on extrait le minerai, par opposition aux carrières. Elles peuvent être souterraines ou à ciel ouvert. | Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyelle longue deux mores. |
Where the eye mixes mine and more
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mine vs more
A purely visual mix-up. mine (\min\) and more (\mɔʁ\) 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 9737, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mine is recorded at frequency rank #2,885, classified as anoun, pronounced \min\. more is at rank #6,852, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁ\.
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 9737, this pair ranks #415,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mine vs more
Shared letters: em. Private to "mine": in. Private to "more": or.
"mine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mine" and "more" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mine" vs "more" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mine" and "more" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "more" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #415,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mine" and "more" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mordue vs more". 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 #415,604 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.