Which to use
“mobiliser” and “modéliser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,199
- “mobiliser” frequency rank
- #35,163
- “modéliser” frequency rank
- 45362
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobiliser | modéliser |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Faire appel à, mettre en œuvre des forces physiques ou intellectuelles. | Concevoir, élaborer un modèle permettant de comprendre, d’agir, d’atteindre un but. |
Where the eye mixes mobiliser and modéliser
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mobiliser vs modéliser
A purely visual mix-up. mobiliser (\mɔ.bi.li.ze\) and modéliser (\mɔ.de.li.ze\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45362, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mobiliser is recorded at frequency rank #10,199, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ.bi.li.ze\. modéliser is at rank #35,163, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɔ.de.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 45362, this pair ranks #203,279 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mobiliser vs modéliser
Shared letters: eilmors. Private to "mobiliser": b. Private to "modéliser": dé.
"mobiliser" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "modéliser" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mobiliser ← mboiliser · mmobiliser · mobbiliser · mobiilser · mobiliesr · mobiliserr · mobilisre · mobilisser
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mobiliser" for "modéliser" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "mobiliser" or "modéliser" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "mobiliser" and "modéliser" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mobiliser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "modéliser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #203,279 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobiliser" and "modéliser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modéliser vs modélisme". 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 #203,279 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.