modérévsmodéréesConfusable pair

Quick tell: modéré is a noun, modérées is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“modéré” is a noun and “modérées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,044
“modéré” frequency rank
#29,865
“modérées” frequency rank
38909
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature modéré modérées
Definition Partisan de positions politiques non extrémistes. Féminin pluriel de modéré.

Same sound, different letters: modéré vs modérées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. modéré runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against modérées's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
modéré
8 ch
modérées

Same sound, different spelling - modéré / modérées

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: modéré and modérées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mɔ.de.ʁe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “modéré” sits inside “modérées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38909, 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\. modérées is at rank #29,865, tagged as anadj, 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 38909, this pair ranks #251,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of modéré vs modérées

Shared letters: dmoré. Private to "modéré": -. Private to "modérées": es.

"modéré" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "modérées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "modéré" for "modérées" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "modéré" is a noun and "modérées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "modéré" vs "modérées" - which ranks higher?
"modéré" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,044 in our French list, against #29,865 for "modérées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"modéré" and "modérées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "modéré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "modérées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #251,933 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "modéré" and "modérées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modérées vs montrées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #251,933 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