Which to use
“motiver” is a verb and “motivés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,747
- “motiver” frequency rank
- #13,842
- “motivés” frequency rank
- 24589
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | motiver | motivés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apporter de la motivation. | Masculin pluriel de motivé. |
Same sound, different letters: motiver vs motivés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. motiver and motivés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - motiver and motivés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: motiver and motivés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mɔ.ti.ve\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
motiver is recorded at frequency rank #10,747, classified as averb, pronounced \mɔ.ti.ve\. motivés is at rank #13,842, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɔ.ti.ve\.
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 24589, this pair ranks #345,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of motiver vs motivés
Shared letters: imotv. Private to "motiver": er. Private to "motivés": sé.
"motiver" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "motivés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- motiver ← mmotiver · moitver · motievr · motiverr · motivre · motivver · mottiver · motvier
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "motiver" for "motivés" ever safe?
Frequency check: "motiver" vs "motivés" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"motiver" and "motivés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "motiver" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "motivés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #345,750 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "motiver" and "motivés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motivés vs mottes". 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 #345,750 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.