Which to use
“mobile” and “moite” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,089
- “mobile” frequency rank
- #40,376
- “moite” frequency rank
- 42465
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobile | moite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui se meut ou qui peut être mû ; qui n’est pas fixe. | Qui a quelque humidité, qui est un peu mouillé. Se dit surtout de la peau rendue humide par la sueur. |
Where the eye mixes mobile and moite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between mobile and moite
A purely visual mix-up. mobile (\mɔ.bil\) and moite (\mwat\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42465, 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\. moite is at rank #40,376, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mwat\.
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 42465, this pair ranks #225,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mobile vs moite
Shared letters: eimo. Private to "mobile": bl. Private to "moite": t.
"mobile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "moite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mobile" and "moite" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mobile" or "moite" show up more?
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 "moite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #225,410 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobile" and "moite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moisie vs moite". 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 #225,410 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.