Which to use
“moire” and “more” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,051
- “moire” frequency rank
- #6,852
- “more” frequency rank
- 54903
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moire | more |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyelle longue deux mores. |
Where the eye mixes moire and more
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses moire with more
A purely visual mix-up. moire (\mwaʁ\) and more (\mɔʁ\) 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 54903, 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\. more is at rank #6,852, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁ\.
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 54903, this pair ranks #130,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of moire vs more
Shared letters: emor. Private to "moire": i. Private to "more": -.
"moire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "moire" for "more" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "moire" or "more" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "moire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "more" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moire" and "more" 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 #130,909 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.