MoixvsmolWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Moix is a name, mol is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Moix” is a name and “mol” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,196
“Moix” frequency rank
#28,654
“mol” frequency rank
62850
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Moix mol
Definition Nom de famille d’origine catalane. Masculin singulier de mou devant une voyelle ou un h muet, et plus rarement devant une consonne.

Where the eye mixes Moix and mol

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Moix
3 ch
mol

Visual trap between Moix and mol

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Moix is \mwaks\ while mol is \mɔl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Moix is recorded at frequency rank #34,196, classified as aname, pronounced \mwaks\. mol is at rank #28,654, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔl\.

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 62850, this pair ranks #84,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Moix vs mol

Shared letters: mo. Private to "Moix": ix. Private to "mol": l.

"Moix" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "mol" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Moixmiox · mmoix · moixx · moxi · omix

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Moix" for "mol" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Moix" is a name and "mol" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Moix" or "mol"?
"mol" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,654 in our French list, against #34,196 for "Moix". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Moix" and "mol" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Moix" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mol" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #84,948 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Moix" and "mol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maid vs Moix". 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 #84,948 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