Which to use
“mobiliers” is an adjective and “mobiliser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,399
- “mobiliers” frequency rank
- #10,199
- “mobiliser” frequency rank
- 35598
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobiliers | mobiliser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de mobilier. | Faire appel à, mettre en œuvre des forces physiques ou intellectuelles. |
Where the eye mixes mobiliers and mobiliser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between mobiliers and mobiliser
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mobiliers is \mɔ.bi.lje\ while mobiliser is \mɔ.bi.li.ze\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35598, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mobiliers is recorded at frequency rank #25,399, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.bi.lje\. mobiliser is at rank #10,199, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ.bi.li.ze\.
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 35598, this pair ranks #275,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mobiliers vs mobiliser
Shared letters: beilmors. Private to "mobiliers": -. Private to "mobiliser": -.
"mobiliers" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC · "mobiliser" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mobiliers" and "mobiliser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mobiliers" or "mobiliser" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "mobiliers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mobiliser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #275,553 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobiliers" and "mobiliser" 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 #275,553 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.