Which to use
“moulages” and “moulures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #45,742
- “moulages” frequency rank
- #32,920
- “moulures” frequency rank
- 78662
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moulages | moulures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de moulage. | Pluriel de moulure. |
Where the eye mixes moulages and moulures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. moulages and moulures follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: moulages vs moulures
A purely visual mix-up. moulages (\mu.laʒ\) and moulures (\mu.lyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78662, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moulages is recorded at frequency rank #45,742, classified as anoun, pronounced \mu.laʒ\. moulures is at rank #32,920, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mu.lyʁ\.
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 78662, this pair ranks #25,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of moulages vs moulures
Shared letters: elmosu. Private to "moulages": ag. Private to "moulures": r.
"moulages" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC · "moulures" · 8 letters · shape CVVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "moulages" and "moulures" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "moulages" vs "moulures" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "moulages" and "moulures" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "moulages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moulures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #25,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moulages" and "moulures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moulage vs moulages". 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 #25,178 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.