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“monde” and “Mord” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#102
“monde” frequency rank
#18,002
“Mord” frequency rank
18104
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature monde Mord
Definition Ensemble des choses et des êtres existants. Meurtre.

Where the eye mixes monde and Mord

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
monde
4 ch
Mord

Visual trap between monde and Mord

A purely visual mix-up. monde (\mɔ̃d\) and Mord (\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 18104, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

monde is recorded at frequency rank #102, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ̃d\. Mord is at rank #18,002, 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 18104, this pair ranks #379,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of monde vs Mord

Shared letters: dmo. Private to "monde": en. Private to "Mord": r.

"monde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "Mord" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mondemmonde · mnode · modne · mondde · moned · monnde · omnde
  • Mordmmord · modr · mordd · morrd · mrod · omrd

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "monde" and "Mord" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\mɔ̃d\ versus \mɔʁt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "monde" or "Mord"?
"monde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #102 in our French list, against #18,002 for "Mord". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "monde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mord" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #379,982 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "monde" and "Mord" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mord vs mud". 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 #379,982 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