Which to use
“modus” and “mucus” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,195
- “modus” frequency rank
- #39,906
- “mucus” frequency rank
- 74101
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | modus | mucus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mode. | Mucosité, sécrétion visqueuse et translucide, produite par une muqueuse. |
Where the eye mixes modus and mucus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: modus vs mucus
A purely visual mix-up. modus (\mɔ.dys\) and mucus (\my.kys\) 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 74101, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
modus is recorded at frequency rank #34,195, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.dys\. mucus is at rank #39,906, tagged as anoun, pronounced \my.kys\.
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 74101, this pair ranks #38,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of modus vs mucus
Shared letters: msu. Private to "modus": do. Private to "mucus": c.
"modus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "mucus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "modus" and "mucus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "modus" or "mucus" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "modus" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mucus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #38,250 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "modus" and "mucus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motus vs mucus". 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 #38,250 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.