modovsmortConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#16,677
“modo” frequency rank
#187
“mort” frequency rank
16864
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature modo mort
Definition Langue nilosaharienne du groupe soudanique central parlée au Soudan. Arrêt définitif des fonctions vitales (assimilation de nutriments, respiration, fonctionnement du système nerveux central).

Where the eye mixes modo and mort

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
modo
4 ch
mort

Look-alike desk: modo vs mort

A purely visual mix-up. modo (\mɔ.dɔ\) and mort (\mɔʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

modo is recorded at frequency rank #16,677, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.dɔ\. mort is at rank #187, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁ\.

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 16864, this pair ranks #385,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of modo vs mort

Shared letters: mo. Private to "modo": d. Private to "mort": rt.

"modo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mort" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • modomdoo · mmodo · moddo · omdo
  • mortmmort · morrt · mortt · motr · mrot · omrt

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "modo" and "mort" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ.dɔ\ versus \mɔʁ\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "modo" or "mort"?
"mort" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #187 in our French list, against #16,677 for "modo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "modo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #385,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "modo" and "mort" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modo 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 #385,900 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