Which to use
“mois” is a noun and “moya” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #184
- “mois” frequency rank
- #45,744
- “moya” frequency rank
- 45928
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mois | moya |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Chacune des douze parties de l’année, dont chacune contient trente ou trente et un jours, excepté la seconde (février), qui est de vingt-huit jours dans les années ordinaires, et de vingt-neuf dans les années bissextiles. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe moyer. |
Where the eye mixes mois and moya
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mois vs moya
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mois is \mwa\ while moya is \mwa.ja\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45928, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mois is recorded at frequency rank #184, classified as anoun, pronounced \mwa\. moya is at rank #45,744, tagged as averb, pronounced \mwa.ja\.
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 45928, this pair ranks #198,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mois vs moya
Shared letters: mo. Private to "mois": is. Private to "moya": ay.
"mois" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "moya" · 4 letters · shape CVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mois" and "moya" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mois" vs "moya" - which ranks higher?
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 "mois" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moya" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,976 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mois" and "moya" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Monza vs moya". 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 #198,976 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.