moivsMP4Which spelling fits?

Quick tell: moi is a pronoun, MP4 is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“moi” is a pronoun and “MP4” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#73
“moi” frequency rank
#49,242
“MP4” frequency rank
49315
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moi MP4
Definition Pronom tonique de la première personne du singulier. Norme d’encodage multimédia (audio ou vidéo) sous forme numérique.

Where the eye mixes moi and MP4

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

3 ch
moi
3 ch
MP4

Why the eye confuses moi with MP4

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: moi is \mwa\ while MP4 is \ɛm.pe.katʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moi is recorded at frequency rank #73, classified as apron, pronounced \mwa\. MP4 is at rank #49,242, tagged as aname, pronounced \ɛm.pe.katʁ\.

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 49315, this pair ranks #171,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of moi vs MP4

Shared letters: m. Private to "moi": io. Private to "MP4": p.

"moi" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "MP4" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "moi" and "MP4" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moi" is a pronoun and "MP4" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "moi" or "MP4" show up more?
"moi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #73 in our French list, against #49,242 for "MP4". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "moi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "MP4" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #171,698 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moi" and "MP4" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "MP4 vs MWh". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #171,698 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