modéréesvsmodérésConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#29,865
“modérées” frequency rank
#12,817
“modérés” frequency rank
42682
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature modérées modérés
Definition Féminin pluriel de modéré. Masculin pluriel de modéré.

Same sound, different letters: modérées vs modérés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. modérées runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against modérés's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
modérées
7 ch
modérés

Homophone desk: modérées vs modérés

This is the hard kind. modérées and modérés are pronounced identically (\mɔ.de.ʁe\) and both work as anadjective. 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42682, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

modérées is recorded at frequency rank #29,865, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.de.ʁe\. modérés is at rank #12,817, 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 42682, this pair ranks #223,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of modérées vs modérés

Shared letters: dmorsé. Private to "modérées": e. Private to "modérés": -.

"modérées" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "modérés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "modérées" and "modérés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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: "modérées" vs "modérés" - which ranks higher?
"modérés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,817 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

You've separated the homophone pair "modérées" / "modérés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "modérées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "modérés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #223,746 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "modérées" and "modérés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modérées vs montrées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #223,746 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