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Which to use

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

#6,716
“mobilier” frequency rank
#23,613
“mobilières” frequency rank
30329
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mobilier mobilières
Definition Relatif aux biens meubles. Féminin pluriel de mobilier.

Where the eye mixes mobilier and mobilières

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mobilier runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against mobilières's 10 (CVCVCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
mobilier
10 ch
mobilières

Why the eye confuses mobilier with mobilières

A purely visual mix-up. mobilier (\mɔ.bi.lje\) and mobilières (\mɔ.bi.ljɛʁ\) 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 30329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mobilier is recorded at frequency rank #6,716, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.bi.lje\. mobilières is at rank #23,613, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.bi.ljɛʁ\.

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 30329, this pair ranks #311,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mobilier vs mobilières

Shared letters: beilmor. Private to "mobilier": -. Private to "mobilières": sè.

"mobilier" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "mobilières" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mobilier ← mboilier · mmobilier · mobbilier · mobiiler · mobileir · mobilierr · mobilire · mobillier

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mobilier" and "mobilières" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ.bi.lje\ versus \mɔ.bi.ljɛʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "mobilier" vs "mobilières" - which ranks higher?
"mobilier" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,716 in our French list, against #23,613 for "mobilières". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "mobilier" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mobilières" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #311,093 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mobilier" and "mobilières" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mobilières 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 #311,093 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