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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.

9 ch
mobiliser
9 ch
modéliser

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": .

"mobiliser" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "modéliser" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mobilisermboiliser · mmobiliser · mobbiliser · mobiilser · mobiliesr · mobiliserr · mobilisre · mobilisser

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mobiliser" for "modéliser" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ.bi.li.ze\ versus \mɔ.de.li.ze\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "mobiliser" or "modéliser" show up more?
"mobiliser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,199 in our French list, against #35,163 for "modéliser". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list