Which to use
“mixé” is a verb and “moire” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,872
- “mixé” frequency rank
- #48,051
- “moire” frequency rank
- 88923
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mixé | moire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier de mixer. | 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 mixé and moire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. mixé runs 4 letters (CVCV) against moire's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mixé vs moire
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mixé is \mik.se\ while moire is \mwaʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88923, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mixé is recorded at frequency rank #40,872, classified as averb, pronounced \mik.se\. 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 88923, this pair ranks #6,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mixé vs moire
Shared letters: im. Private to "mixé": xé. Private to "moire": eor.
"mixé" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "moire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- moire ← miore · mmoire · moier · moirre · morie · omire
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mixé" and "moire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mixé" or "moire"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mixé" and "moire" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mixé" 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 #6,381 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mixé" 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 #6,381 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.