Which to use
“moitié” and “moitiés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #849
- “moitié” frequency rank
- #41,902
- “moitiés” frequency rank
- 42751
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moitié | moitiés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | L’une des parties d’un tout divisé, partagé également en deux. | Pluriel de moitié. |
Same sound, different letters: moitié vs moitiés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. moitié runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against moitiés's 7 (CVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: moitié vs moitiés
This is the hard kind. moitié and moitiés are pronounced identically (\mwa.tje\) 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) - “moitié” sits inside “moitiés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42751, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moitié is recorded at frequency rank #849, classified as anoun, pronounced \mwa.tje\. moitiés is at rank #41,902, 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 42751, this pair ranks #223,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of moitié vs moitiés
Shared letters: imoté. Private to "moitié": -. Private to "moitiés": s.
"moitié" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "moitiés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "moitié" and "moitiés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "moitié" or "moitiés"?
After this comparison
"moitié" and "moitiés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "moitié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moitiés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,206 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moitié" and "moitiés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moisie vs moitiés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #223,206 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.