Which to use
“mole” and “mômes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,923
- “mole” frequency rank
- #22,344
- “mômes” frequency rank
- 61267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mole | mômes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de mesure de quantité de matière du Système international, dont le symbole est mol. Une mole contient autant de particules individuelles qu’il y a d’atomes dans 12 grammes de carbone 12 ; ce nombre est appelé nombre d’Avogadro, et est de l’ordre de 6,022×10²³. | Pluriel de môme. |
Where the eye mixes mole and mômes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. mole runs 4 letters (CVCV) against mômes's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mole and mômes
A purely visual mix-up. mole (\mɔl\) and mômes (\mom\) 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 61267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mole is recorded at frequency rank #38,923, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔl\. mômes is at rank #22,344, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mom\.
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 61267, this pair ranks #93,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mole vs mômes
Shared letters: em. Private to "mole": lo. Private to "mômes": sô.
"mole" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mômes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mole ← mloe · mmole · moel · omle
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mole" and "mômes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mole" or "mômes"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mole" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mômes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #93,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mole" and "mômes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moire vs mole". 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 #93,175 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.