Which to use
“moderne” is an adjective and “moyenne” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,530
- “moderne” frequency rank
- #754
- “moyenne” frequency rank
- 2284
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moderne | moyenne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est soit de notre temps, soit d’un temps plus ou moins rapproché du nôtre, par opposition à antique, à ancien. | Grandeur se trouvant au milieu des 2 valeurs extrêmes. |
Where the eye mixes moderne and moyenne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: moderne vs moyenne
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: moderne is \mɔ.dɛʁn\ while moyenne is \mwa.jɛn\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2284, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moderne is recorded at frequency rank #1,530, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.dɛʁn\. moyenne is at rank #754, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwa.jɛn\.
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 2284, this pair ranks #436,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of moderne vs moyenne
Shared letters: emno. Private to "moderne": dr. Private to "moyenne": y.
"moderne" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV · "moyenne" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "moderne" and "moyenne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "moderne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moyenne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moderne" and "moyenne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moderne vs modernisé". 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 #436,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.