modivsmoyWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: modi is a noun, moy is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

4 ch
modi
3 ch
moy

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?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "modi" is a noun and "moy" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "modi" or "moy" show up more?
"moy" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,612 in our French list, against #45,175 for "modi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list