Which to use
“modif” and “mois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,897
- “modif” frequency rank
- #184
- “mois” frequency rank
- 47081
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | modif | mois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Modification. | Chacune des douze parties de l’année, dont chacune contient trente ou trente et un jours, excepté la seconde (février), qui est de vingt-huit jours dans les années ordinaires, et de vingt-neuf dans les années bissextiles. |
Where the eye mixes modif and mois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. modif (\mɔ.dif\) and mois (\mwa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
modif is recorded at frequency rank #46,897, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.dif\. mois is at rank #184, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwa\.
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 47081, this pair ranks #189,801 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of modif vs mois
Shared letters: imo. Private to "modif": df. Private to "mois": s.
"modif" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC