Which to use
“mobilisé” is a noun and “mobiliser” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,189
- “mobilisé” frequency rank
- #10,199
- “mobiliser” frequency rank
- 25388
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobilisé | mobiliser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Civil appelé sous les drapeaux pour raison de guerre. | Faire appel à, mettre en œuvre des forces physiques ou intellectuelles. |
Same sound, different letters: mobilisé vs mobiliser
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mobilisé runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against mobiliser's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mobilisé and mobiliser
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mobilisé and mobiliser carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mɔ.bi.li.ze\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25388, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mobilisé is recorded at frequency rank #15,189, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.bi.li.ze\. 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 25388, this pair ranks #341,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mobilisé vs mobiliser
Shared letters: bilmos. Private to "mobilisé": é. Private to "mobiliser": er.
"mobilisé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "mobiliser" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mobiliser ← mboiliser · mmobiliser · mobbiliser · mobiilser · mobiliesr · mobiliserr · mobilisre · mobilisser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mobilisé" for "mobiliser" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mobilisé" vs "mobiliser" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"mobilisé" and "mobiliser" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mobilisé" 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 #341,160 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobilisé" and "mobiliser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mobilisé 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 #341,160 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.