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Which to use

“mobiles” and “mobiliers” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#4,875
“mobiles” frequency rank
#25,399
“mobiliers” frequency rank
30274
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mobiles mobiliers
Definition Pluriel de mobile. Masculin pluriel de mobilier.

Where the eye mixes mobiles and mobiliers

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mobiles runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against mobiliers's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
mobiles
9 ch
mobiliers

Visual trap between mobiles and mobiliers

A purely visual mix-up. mobiles (\mɔ.bil\) and mobiliers (\mɔ.bi.lje\) 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 30274, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mobiles is recorded at frequency rank #4,875, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.bil\. mobiliers is at rank #25,399, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.bi.lje\.

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 30274, this pair ranks #311,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mobiles vs mobiliers

Shared letters: beilmos. Private to "mobiles": -. Private to "mobiliers": r.

"mobiles" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "mobiliers" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mobiles ← mboiles · mmobiles · mobbiles · mobiels · mobiless · mobilles · mobilse · moblies
  • mobiliers ← mboiliers · mmobiliers · mobbiliers · mobiilers · mobileirs · mobilierrs · mobilierss · mobilires

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mobiles" and "mobiliers" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ.bil\ versus \mɔ.bi.lje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mobiles" vs "mobiliers" - which ranks higher?
"mobiles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,875 in our French list, against #25,399 for "mobiliers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mobiles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mobiliers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #311,428 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mobiles" and "mobiliers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mobiliers vs mobilisées". 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 #311,428 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list