Which to use
“moulage” and “moulages” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,136
- “moulage” frequency rank
- #45,742
- “moulages” frequency rank
- 72878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moulage | moulages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de mouler, de couler une matière dans un moule creux pour l'obtention d'un objet après solidification ; fonte. | Pluriel de moulage. |
Same sound, different letters: moulage vs moulages
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. moulage runs 7 letters (CVVCVCV) against moulages's 8 (CVVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - moulage / moulages
This is the hard kind. moulage and moulages are pronounced identically (\mu.laʒ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “moulage” sits inside “moulages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moulage is recorded at frequency rank #27,136, classified as anoun, pronounced \mu.laʒ\. moulages is at rank #45,742, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mu.laʒ\.
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 72878, this pair ranks #42,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of moulage vs moulages
Shared letters: aeglmou. Private to "moulage": -. Private to "moulages": s.
"moulage" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV · "moulages" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "moulage" for "moulages" ever safe?
Which is more common, "moulage" or "moulages"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "moulage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moulages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moulage" and "moulages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moulages vs moulures". 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 #42,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.