Which to use
“mollet” and “mollets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,603
- “mollet” frequency rank
- #29,045
- “mollets” frequency rank
- 48648
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mollet | mollets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mou, faible, sans force. | Masculin pluriel de mollet. |
Same sound, different letters: mollet vs mollets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - mollet / mollets
This is the hard kind. mollet and mollets are pronounced identically (\mɔ.lɛ\) 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) - “mollet” sits inside “mollets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48648, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mollet is recorded at frequency rank #19,603, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.lɛ\. mollets is at rank #29,045, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.lɛ\.
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 48648, this pair ranks #177,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mollet vs mollets
Shared letters: elmot. Private to "mollet": -. Private to "mollets": s.
"mollet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mollets" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mollet" and "mollets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mollet" or "mollets"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "mollet" / "mollets". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "mollet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mollets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #177,150 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mollet" and "mollets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mollesse vs mollets". 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 #177,150 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.