minevsmoreTell them apart

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.

4 ch
mine
4 ch
more

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

  • mineimne · minne · mmine · mnie
  • moremmore · moer · morre · mroe · omre

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mine" and "more" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\min\ versus \mɔʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mine" vs "more" - which ranks higher?
"mine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,885 in our French list, against #6,852 for "more". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list