modérévsmodéréeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#9,044
“modéré” frequency rank
#11,084
“modérée” frequency rank
20128
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature modéré modérée
Definition Partisan de positions politiques non extrémistes. Partisane de positions politiques non extrémistes.

Same sound, different letters: modéré vs modérée

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. modéré runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against modérée's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
modéré
7 ch
modérée

Homophone desk: modéré vs modérée

This is the hard kind. modéré and modérée are pronounced identically (\mɔ.de.ʁe\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “modéré” sits inside “modérée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

modéré is recorded at frequency rank #9,044, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.de.ʁe\. modérée is at rank #11,084, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.de.ʁe\.

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 20128, this pair ranks #369,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of modéré vs modérée

Shared letters: dmoré. Private to "modéré": -. Private to "modérée": e.

"modéré" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "modérée" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "modéré" and "modérée" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\mɔ.de.ʁe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "modéré" vs "modérée" - which ranks higher?
"modéré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,044 in our French list, against #11,084 for "modérée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "modéré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "modérée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #369,819 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "modéré" and "modérée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modéré vs moire". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #369,819 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