Which to use
“move” is a noun and “moy” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,699
- “move” frequency rank
- #31,612
- “moy” frequency rank
- 53311
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | move | moy |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mouvement, geste, action, acte. | Variante de moi. |
Letter map: move vs moy
Shared letters muted; letters that set move and moy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for move / moy
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: move is anoun and moyapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53311, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
move is recorded at frequency rank #21,699, classified as anoun, pronounced \muːv\. moy is at rank #31,612, tagged as apron.
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 53311, this pair ranks #141,609 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of move vs moy
Shared letters: mo. Private to "move": ev. Private to "moy": y.
"move" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "moy" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- move ← mmove · moev · movve · mvoe · omve
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "move" and "moy" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "move" vs "moy" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "move" and "moy". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "move" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,609 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "move" and "moy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moy vs MWh". 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 #141,609 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.