Which to use
“moire” and “moitié” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,051
- “moire” frequency rank
- #849
- “moitié” frequency rank
- 48900
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moire | moitié |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | L’une des parties d’un tout divisé, partagé également en deux. |
Where the eye mixes moire and moitié
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. moire runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against moitié's 6 (CVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: moire vs moitié
A purely visual mix-up. moire (\mwaʁ\) and moitié (\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 48900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moire is recorded at frequency rank #48,051, classified as anoun, pronounced \mwaʁ\. moitié is at rank #849, 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 48900, this pair ranks #175,140 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of moire vs moitié
Shared letters: imo. Private to "moire": er. Private to "moitié": té.
"moire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "moitié" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- moire ← miore · mmoire · moier · moirre · morie · omire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "moire" for "moitié" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "moire" or "moitié" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "moire" and "moitié" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "moire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moitié" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #175,140 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moire" and "moitié" 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 #175,140 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.