Which to use
“mobile” is an adjective and “moine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,089
- “mobile” frequency rank
- #8,428
- “moine” frequency rank
- 10517
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobile | moine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se meut ou qui peut être mû ; qui n’est pas fixe. | Religieux faisant partie d’un ordre dont les membres vivent sous une règle commune et séparés du monde. |
Where the eye mixes mobile and moine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses mobile with moine
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mobile is \mɔ.bil\ while moine is \mwan\. 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 10517, 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\. moine is at rank #8,428, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwan\.
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 10517, this pair ranks #412,687 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mobile vs moine
Shared letters: eimo. Private to "mobile": bl. Private to "moine": n.
"mobile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "moine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mobile" and "moine" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mobile" or "moine" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mobile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,687 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobile" and "moine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moine 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 #412,687 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.