moservsmuerConfusable pair

Quick tell: moser is a noun, muer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“moser” is a noun and “muer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,902
“moser” frequency rank
#48,671
“muer” frequency rank
95573
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature moser muer
Definition Petit bâton (en bois, en verre, en métal, etc.) terminé par une étoile, que l'on utilise pour diminuer le nombre de bulles dans une boisson que l’on juge trop gazeuse. Changer de poil, de plumes, de peau, etc., en parlant des animaux.

Letter map: moser vs muer

Shared letters muted; letters that set moser and muer apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. moser runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against muer's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
moser
4 ch
muer

Role in the sentence - moser and muer

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moser is anoun and mueraverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 95573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

moser is recorded at frequency rank #46,902, classified as anoun. muer is at rank #48,671, tagged as averb, pronounced \mɥe\.

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 95573, this pair ranks #1,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of moser vs muer

Shared letters: emr. Private to "moser": os. Private to "muer": u.

"moser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "muer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • moser ← mmoser · moesr · moserr · mosser · msoer · omser
  • muer ← mmuer · muerr · umer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "moser" for "muer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "moser" is a noun and "muer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "moser" or "muer"?
"moser" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #46,902 in our French list, against #48,671 for "muer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "moser" and "muer". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "moser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "muer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,040 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "moser" and "muer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mud vs muer". 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 #1,040 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