modevsmoserTell them apart

Which to use

“mode” and “moser” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#585
“mode” frequency rank
#46,902
“moser” frequency rank
47487
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mode moser
Definition Manière de voir ou d’agir ; fantaisie. Petit bâton (en bois, en verre, en métal, etc.) terminé par une étoile, que l'on utilise pour diminuer le nombre de bulles dans une boisson que l’on juge trop gazeuse.

Letter map: mode vs moser

Shared letters muted; letters that set mode and moser apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
mode
5 ch
moser

Corpus notes: mode and moser

mode and moser are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47487, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mode is recorded at frequency rank #585, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔd\. moser is at rank #46,902, tagged as anoun.

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 47487, this pair ranks #186,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mode vs moser

Shared letters: emo. Private to "mode": d. Private to "moser": rs.

"mode" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "moser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • modemdoe · mmode · modde · moed · omde
  • mosermmoser · moesr · moserr · mosser · msoer · omser

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mode" for "moser" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "mode" or "moser"?
"mode" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #585 in our French list, against #46,902 for "moser". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mode" and "moser".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mode" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #186,561 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mode" and "moser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier vs moser". 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 #186,561 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