Which to use
“moitié” and “morte” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #849
- “moitié” frequency rank
- #1,877
- “morte” frequency rank
- 2726
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moitié | morte |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | L’une des parties d’un tout divisé, partagé également en deux. | Femme décédée ; défunte. |
Where the eye mixes moitié and morte
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. moitié runs 6 letters (CVVCVV) against morte's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: moitié vs morte
A purely visual mix-up. moitié (\mwa.tje\) and morte (\mɔʁt\) 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 2726, 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\. morte is at rank #1,877, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁt\.
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 2726, this pair ranks #435,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of moitié vs morte
Shared letters: mot. Private to "moitié": ié. Private to "morte": er.
"moitié" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV · "morte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- morte ← mmorte · morrte · mortte · motre · mrote · omrte
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "moitié" and "morte" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "moitié" or "morte" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "moitié" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "morte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,592 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moitié" and "morte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mordue vs morte". 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 #435,592 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.