Which to use
“mobile” is an adjective and “mobilité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,089
- “mobile” frequency rank
- #5,263
- “mobilité” frequency rank
- 7352
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobile | mobilité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se meut ou qui peut être mû ; qui n’est pas fixe. | Facilité à être mû. |
Where the eye mixes mobile and mobilité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mobile runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against mobilité's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mobile and mobilité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mobile is \mɔ.bil\ while mobilité is \mɔ.bi.li.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 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 7352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mobile is recorded at frequency rank #2,089, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.bil\. mobilité is at rank #5,263, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.bi.li.te\.
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 7352, this pair ranks #423,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mobile vs mobilité
Shared letters: bilmo. Private to "mobile": e. Private to "mobilité": té.
"mobile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mobilité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mobile ← mboile · mmobile · mobbile · mobiel · mobille · moblie · moible · ombile
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mobile" and "mobilité" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mobile" or "mobilité"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mobile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mobilité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #423,414 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobile" and "mobilité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mobilité vs morbidité". 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 #423,414 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.