Which to use
“mobilité” and “modalité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,263
- “mobilité” frequency rank
- #29,863
- “modalité” frequency rank
- 35126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobilité | modalité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Facilité à être mû. | Qualité, manière d’être. |
Where the eye mixes mobilité and modalité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mobilité and modalité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between mobilité and modalité
A purely visual mix-up. mobilité (\mɔ.bi.li.te\) and modalité (\mɔ.da.li.te\) 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 35126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mobilité is recorded at frequency rank #5,263, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.bi.li.te\. modalité is at rank #29,863, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.da.li.te\.
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 35126, this pair ranks #278,988 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mobilité vs modalité
Shared letters: ilmoté. Private to "mobilité": b. Private to "modalité": ad.
"mobilité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "modalité" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mobilité" and "modalité" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mobilité" or "modalité" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mobilité" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "modalité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #278,988 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobilité" and "modalité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modalité vs moraliste". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #278,988 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.