Which to use
“mosaïque” and “musique” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,515
- “mosaïque” frequency rank
- #450
- “musique” frequency rank
- 14965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mosaïque | musique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Assemblage de morceaux de faïence représentant un motif artistique. | Art de composer des sons pouvant apparaitre sous différentes formes : une mélodie, une harmonie, un rythme […] ; théorie de cet art, science des sons considérés sous le rapport de la mélodie, l’harmonie, le rythme. |
Where the eye mixes mosaïque and musique
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. mosaïque runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVV) against musique's 7 (CVCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mosaïque vs musique
A purely visual mix-up. mosaïque (\mɔ.za.ik\) and musique (\my.zik\) 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 14965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mosaïque is recorded at frequency rank #14,515, classified as anoun, pronounced \mɔ.za.ik\. musique is at rank #450, tagged as anoun, pronounced \my.zik\.
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 14965, this pair ranks #394,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mosaïque vs musique
Shared letters: emqsu. Private to "mosaïque": aoï. Private to "musique": i.
"mosaïque" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVV · "musique" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- musique ← mmusique · msuique · muisque · musiqeu · musiqque · musiuqe · musqiue · mussique
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mosaïque" and "musique" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mosaïque" or "musique"?
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 "mosaïque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "musique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #394,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mosaïque" and "musique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "modique vs mosaïque". 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 #394,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.