Which to use
“mordue” and “more” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,238
- “mordue” frequency rank
- #6,852
- “more” frequency rank
- 56090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mordue | more |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Passionnée ; fan. | Unité phonologique de durée ou de poids d’une syllabe dans certaines langues, typiquement une voyelle courte ayant une more et une voyelle longue deux mores. |
Where the eye mixes mordue and more
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mordue runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against more's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mordue vs more
A purely visual mix-up. mordue (\mɔʁ.dy\) and more (\mɔʁ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mordue is recorded at frequency rank #49,238, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁ.dy\. more is at rank #6,852, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁ\.
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 56090, this pair ranks #123,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mordue vs more
Shared letters: emor. Private to "mordue": du. Private to "more": -.
"mordue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mordue" and "more" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mordue" or "more" 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 "mordue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "more" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #123,321 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mordue" and "more" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mordor vs mordue". 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 #123,321 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.