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“moisson” and “moissons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,504
“moisson” frequency rank
#38,922
“moissons” frequency rank
59426
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moisson moissons
Definition Récolte des blés et autres céréales. Pluriel de moisson.

Same sound, different letters: moisson vs moissons

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
moisson
8 ch
moissons

Homophone desk: moisson vs moissons

This is the hard kind. moisson and moissons are pronounced identically (\mwa.sɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “moisson” sits inside “moissons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59426, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moisson is recorded at frequency rank #20,504, classified as anoun, pronounced \mwa.sɔ̃\. moissons is at rank #38,922, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwa.sɔ̃\.

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 59426, this pair ranks #103,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moisson vs moissons

Shared letters: imnos. Private to "moisson": -. Private to "moissons": -.

"moisson" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "moissons" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moissonmiosson · mmoisson · moison · moisosn · moissno · moissonn · mosison · omisson
  • moissonsmiossons · mmoissons · moisons · moisosns · moissnos · moissonns · moissonss · moissosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "moisson" and "moissons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\mwa.sɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "moisson" vs "moissons" - which ranks higher?
"moisson" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,504 in our French list, against #38,922 for "moissons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"moisson" and "moissons" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "moisson" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moissons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #103,211 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moisson" and "moissons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Moissac vs moisson". 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 #103,211 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list