Which to use
“mobiles” and “mouillés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,875
- “mobiles” frequency rank
- #23,946
- “mouillés” frequency rank
- 28821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobiles | mouillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de mobile. | Masculin pluriel de mouillé. |
Where the eye mixes mobiles and mouillés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mobiles runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against mouillés's 8 (CVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mobiles and mouillés
A purely visual mix-up. mobiles (\mɔ.bil\) and mouillés (\mu.je\) 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 28821, 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\. mouillés is at rank #23,946, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mu.je\.
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 28821, this pair ranks #320,485 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mobiles vs mouillés
Shared letters: ilmos. Private to "mobiles": be. Private to "mouillés": ué.
"mobiles" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "mouillés" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mobiles ← mboiles · mmobiles · mobbiles · mobiels · mobiless · mobilles · mobilse · moblies
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mobiles" and "mouillés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mobiles" vs "mouillés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mobiles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mouillés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,485 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobiles" and "mouillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mouillées vs mouillés". 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 #320,485 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.