Which to use
“mordue” and “morsure” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,238
- “mordue” frequency rank
- #21,089
- “morsure” frequency rank
- 70327
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mordue | morsure |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Passionnée ; fan. | Action de mordre. |
Where the eye mixes mordue and morsure
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mordue runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against morsure's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses mordue with morsure
A purely visual mix-up. mordue (\mɔʁ.dy\) and morsure (\mɔʁ.syʁ\) 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 70327, 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\. morsure is at rank #21,089, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁ.syʁ\.
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 70327, this pair ranks #51,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mordue vs morsure
Shared letters: emoru. Private to "mordue": d. Private to "morsure": s.
"mordue" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "morsure" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mordue" and "morsure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mordue" or "morsure" show up more?
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 "mordue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "morsure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mordue" and "morsure" 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 #51,730 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.