Which to use
“mobylette” and “molette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,174
- “mobylette” frequency rank
- #36,051
- “molette” frequency rank
- 81225
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobylette | molette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Vélomoteur. | Partie de l’éperon qui est ordinairement faite en forme d’étoile et qui sert à piquer le cheval. |
Where the eye mixes mobylette and molette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses mobylette with molette
A purely visual mix-up. mobylette (\mɔ.bi.lɛt\) and molette (\mɔ.lɛt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mobylette is recorded at frequency rank #45,174, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.bi.lɛt\. molette is at rank #36,051, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.lɛt\.
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 81225, this pair ranks #19,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mobylette vs molette
Shared letters: elmot. Private to "mobylette": by. Private to "molette": -.
"mobylette" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCV · "molette" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mobylette" and "molette" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mobylette" or "molette" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mobylette" and "molette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mobylette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "molette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,216 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobylette" and "molette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "molette vs musette". 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 #19,216 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.