ModènevsmorneWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Modène is a name, morne is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Modène” is a name and “morne” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,162
“Modène” frequency rank
#23,945
“morne” frequency rank
59107
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Modène morne
Definition Commune et ville de la région d’Émilie-Romagne en Italie. Qui est d’une tristesse sombre, allant jusqu’à l’abattement.

Letter map: Modène vs morne

Shared letters muted; letters that set Modène and morne apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Modène runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against morne's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Modène
5 ch
morne

Grammar separator: Modène vs morne

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Modène is aname and morneanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Modène is recorded at frequency rank #35,162, classified as aname. morne is at rank #23,945, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔʁn\.

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 59107, this pair ranks #105,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Modène vs morne

Shared letters: emno. Private to "Modène": dè. Private to "morne": r.

"Modène" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "morne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • morne ← mmorne · monre · moren · mornne · morrne · mrone · omrne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Modène" for "morne" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Modène" is a name and "morne" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "Modène" or "morne" show up more?
"morne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,945 in our French list, against #35,162 for "Modène". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Modène" vs "morne" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Modène" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "morne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #105,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Modène" and "morne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Médée vs Modène". 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 #105,038 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