film muet
\film(.ə) mɥɛ\
The verdict
“film muet” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Film sans son, par opposition au cinéma parlant.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | film muet |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \film(.ə) mɥɛ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “film muet” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
film muet is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \film(.ə) mɥɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Film sans son, par opposition au cinéma parlant.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for film muet, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is film muet, spelled F-I-L-M- -M-U-E-T.
Definition
- 1Film sans son, par opposition au cinéma parlant.
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Using “film muet”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is F-I-L-M- -M-U-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \film(.ə) mɥɛ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.