Which to use
“moine” is a noun and “moite” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,428
- “moine” frequency rank
- #40,376
- “moite” frequency rank
- 48804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moine | moite |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Religieux faisant partie d’un ordre dont les membres vivent sous une règle commune et séparés du monde. | Qui a quelque humidité, qui est un peu mouillé. Se dit surtout de la peau rendue humide par la sueur. |
Where the eye mixes moine and moite
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: moine vs moite
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: moine is \mwan\ while moite is \mwat\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - n in “moine” becomes t in “moite”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48804, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moine is recorded at frequency rank #8,428, classified as anoun, pronounced \mwan\. moite is at rank #40,376, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mwat\.
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 48804, this pair ranks #175,911 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of moine vs moite
Shared letters: eimo. Private to "moine": n. Private to "moite": t.
"moine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "moite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "moine" and "moite" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "moine" or "moite"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "moine" and "moite" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "moine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moite" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,911 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moine" and "moite" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moisie vs moite". 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 #175,911 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.