Which to use
“moi” is a pronoun and “moire” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #73
- “moi” frequency rank
- #48,051
- “moire” frequency rank
- 48124
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moi | moire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pronom tonique de la première personne du singulier. | Apprêt que reçoivent, par un calandrage spécifique, certaines étoffes de soie, de laine, de coton ou de lin, et qui leur communique un éclat changeant, une apparence ondée et chatoyante. |
Where the eye mixes moi and moire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses moi with moire
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: moi is \mwa\ while moire is \mwaʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “moi” sits inside “moire”, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moi is recorded at frequency rank #73, classified as apron, pronounced \mwa\. moire is at rank #48,051, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwaʁ\.
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 48124, this pair ranks #181,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of moi vs moire
Shared letters: imo. Private to "moi": -. Private to "moire": er.
"moi" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "moire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- moire ← miore · mmoire · moier · moirre · morie · omire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "moi" for "moire" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "moi" or "moire" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "moi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,433 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moi" and "moire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moire vs moisie". 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 #181,433 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.