minervsmoserWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: miner is a verb, moser is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“miner” is a verb and “moser” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,047
“miner” frequency rank
#46,902
“moser” frequency rank
71949
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature miner moser
Definition Creuser par-dessous un terrain, un rocher pour provoquer un effondrement ou pour y placer une mine. Petit bâton (en bois, en verre, en métal, etc.) terminé par une étoile, que l'on utilise pour diminuer le nombre de bulles dans une boisson que l’on juge trop gazeuse.

Letter map: miner vs moser

Shared letters muted; letters that set miner and moser apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. miner and moser follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
miner
5 ch
moser

Role in the sentence - miner and moser

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: miner is averb and moseranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71949, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miner is recorded at frequency rank #25,047, classified as averb, pronounced \mi.ne\. moser is at rank #46,902, tagged as anoun.

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 71949, this pair ranks #45,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of miner vs moser

Shared letters: emr. Private to "miner": in. Private to "moser": os.

"miner" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "moser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miner ← imner · mienr · minerr · minner · minre · mminer · mnier
  • moser ← mmoser · moesr · moserr · mosser · msoer · omser

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "miner" for "moser" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "miner" is a verb and "moser" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "miner" or "moser" show up more?
"miner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,047 in our French list, against #46,902 for "moser". 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 "miner" and "moser".

  • Full dictionary entry for "miner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #45,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miner" and "moser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier vs moser". 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 #45,714 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