Which to use
“mobil” is an adjective and “mois” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,900
- “mobil” frequency rank
- #184
- “mois” frequency rank
- 42084
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobil | mois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mobile. | Chacune des douze parties de l’année, dont chacune contient trente ou trente et un jours, excepté la seconde (février), qui est de vingt-huit jours dans les années ordinaires, et de vingt-neuf dans les années bissextiles. |
Where the eye mixes mobil and mois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mobil vs mois
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mobil is \moˈbiːl\ while mois is \mwa\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mobil is recorded at frequency rank #41,900, classified as anadj, pronounced \moˈbiːl\. mois is at rank #184, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwa\.
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 42084, this pair ranks #228,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mobil vs mois
Shared letters: imo. Private to "mobil": bl. Private to "mois": s.
"mobil" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mobil" for "mois" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mobil" vs "mois" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mobil" and "mois" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mobil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobil" and "mois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mobil vs modif". 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 #228,352 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.