Which to use
“more” and “moyeu” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,852
- “more” frequency rank
- #46,905
- “moyeu” frequency rank
- 53757
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | more | moyeu |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | Milieu de la roue (la roue peut être située sur une voiture, un vélo, etc.) ; gros morceau de bois tourné ou de métal, où s’emboîtent les rais, et dans le creux duquel entre l’essieu. |
Where the eye mixes more and moyeu
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. more runs 4 letters (CVCV) against moyeu's 5 (CVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: more vs moyeu
A purely visual mix-up. more (\mɔʁ\) and moyeu (\mwa.jø\) 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 53757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
more is recorded at frequency rank #6,852, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔʁ\. moyeu is at rank #46,905, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mwa.jø\.
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 53757, this pair ranks #138,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of more vs moyeu
Shared letters: emo. Private to "more": r. Private to "moyeu": uy.
"more" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "moyeu" · 5 letters · shape CVVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "more" for "moyeu" ever safe?
Frequency check: "more" vs "moyeu" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "more" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moyeu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #138,574 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "more" and "moyeu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moulu vs moyeu". 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 #138,574 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.