Which to use
“mobil” and “mol” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,900
- “mobil” frequency rank
- #28,654
- “mol” frequency rank
- 70554
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobil | mol |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mobile. | Masculin singulier de mou devant une voyelle ou un h muet, et plus rarement devant une consonne. |
Where the eye mixes mobil and mol
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mobil runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against mol's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses mobil with mol
A purely visual mix-up. mobil (\moˈbiːl\) and mol (\mɔl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70554, 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\. mol is at rank #28,654, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔl\.
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 70554, this pair ranks #50,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mobil vs mol
Shared letters: lmo. Private to "mobil": bi. Private to "mol": -.
"mobil" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mol" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mobil ← mboil · mmobil · mobbil · mobill · mobli · moibl · ombil
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mobil" for "mol" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mobil" vs "mol" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mobil" and "mol" 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 "mol" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,880 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobil" and "mol" 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 #50,880 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.