Which to use
“moines” and “moitiés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,087
- “moines” frequency rank
- #41,902
- “moitiés” frequency rank
- 48989
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moines | moitiés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de moine. | Pluriel de moitié. |
Where the eye mixes moines and moitiés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. moines runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against moitiés's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between moines and moitiés
A purely visual mix-up. moines (\mwan\) and moitiés (\mwa.tje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48989, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moines is recorded at frequency rank #7,087, classified as anoun, pronounced \mwan\. moitiés is at rank #41,902, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwa.tje\.
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 48989, this pair ranks #174,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of moines vs moitiés
Shared letters: imos. Private to "moines": en. Private to "moitiés": té.
"moines" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "moitiés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- moines ← miones · mmoines · moiens · moiness · moinnes · moinse · monies · omines
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "moines" and "moitiés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "moines" or "moitiés"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "moines" and "moitiés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "moines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moitiés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #174,408 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moines" and "moitiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moisie vs moitiés". 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 #174,408 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.