Which to use
“moite” and “moites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,376
- “moite” frequency rank
- #40,873
- “moites” frequency rank
- 81249
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moite | moites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui a quelque humidité, qui est un peu mouillé. Se dit surtout de la peau rendue humide par la sueur. | Pluriel de moite. |
Same sound, different letters: moite vs moites
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. moite runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against moites's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - moite and moites
This is the hard kind. moite and moites are pronounced identically (\mwat\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “moite” sits inside “moites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moite is recorded at frequency rank #40,376, classified as anadj, pronounced \mwat\. moites is at rank #40,873, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mwat\.
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 81249, this pair ranks #19,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of moite vs moites
Shared letters: eimot. Private to "moite": -. Private to "moites": s.
"moite" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "moites" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "moite" for "moites" ever safe?
Frequency check: "moite" vs "moites" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "moite" / "moites". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "moite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,163 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moite" and "moites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moisie vs moite". 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 #19,163 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.