modsvsmoyWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

“mods” is a noun and “moy” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,350
“mods” frequency rank
#31,612
“moy” frequency rank
64962
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mods moy
Definition Pluriel de mod. Variante de moi.

Letter map: mods vs moy

Shared letters muted; letters that set mods and moy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
mods
3 ch
moy

Grammar separator: mods vs moy

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mods is anoun and moyapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64962, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mods is recorded at frequency rank #33,350, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔds\. 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 64962, this pair ranks #74,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mods vs moy

Shared letters: mo. Private to "mods": ds. Private to "moy": y.

"mods" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "moy" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • modsmdos · mmods · modds · modss · mosd · omds

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mods" and "moy" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mods" is a noun and "moy" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "mods" 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 #33,350 for "mods". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "mods" and "moy". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mods" 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 #74,524 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mods" and "moy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mods 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 #74,524 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