Which to use
“modi” is a noun and “moy” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,175
- “modi” frequency rank
- #31,612
- “moy” frequency rank
- 76787
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | modi | moy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de modus. | Variante de moi. |
Letter map: modi vs moy
Shared letters muted; letters that set modi and moy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. modi runs 4 letters (CVCV) against moy's 3 (CVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for modi / moy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: modi is anoun and moyapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
modi is recorded at frequency rank #45,175, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.di\. moy is at rank #31,612, tagged as apron.
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 76787, this pair ranks #30,156 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of modi vs moy
Shared letters: mo. Private to "modi": di. Private to "moy": y.
"modi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "moy" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- modi ← mdoi · mmodi · moddi · moid · omdi
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "modi" for "moy" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "modi" or "moy" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "modi" and "moy". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "modi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #30,156 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "modi" and "moy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modi vs mud". 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 #30,156 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.