muet

\mɥɛ\

/\mɥɛ\/ adj

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The verdict

“muet” has 5 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,034
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est privé de l’usage de la parole, naturellement ou par accident.

Corpus desk

Index FR-muet · muet · French

muet · rank #10,034 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,034
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH mortels

Nearest frequency peer: mortels (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « muet »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « muet » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

muet vs mur
50% similar
muet vs mus
50% similar
muet vs mug
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for muet
PropertyValue
Headwordmuet
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɥɛ\
Letters4
Frequency rank#10,034
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « muet »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).muetse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « mortels » (#10,033), « musculaire » (#10,035), « Mickey » (#10,032). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « muet » est au #10,034. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around muet (IPA \mɥɛ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #10,034 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 11 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for muet, with forms such as "meut", "mmuet", and "muett". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mur", "mus", "mug", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is muet, spelled M-U-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est privé de l’usage de la parole, naturellement ou par accident.
  2. 2
    Qui n’a pas de cri.
  3. 3
    Qui est empêché momentanément de parler, par la peur, la honte, l’étonnement, ou d’autres causes morales.
  4. 4
    Qui se tait.
  5. 5
    Qui est dépourvu de signe, de légende, d’indication.
  6. 6
    Qui n’a aucun nom inscrit.
  7. 7
    Ayant la sorte d’expression qu’ont certains objets ou certaines attitudes sans voix.
  8. 8
    Qui exprime, sans parler, les sentiments dont il doit paraître affecté.
  9. 9
    Dont l’action d’un ou de plusieurs personnages se fait sans parler, mais où ils expriment leurs sentiments par le geste, le maintien, l’air du visage, etc.
  10. 10
    Qui n’a rien à dire dans une pièce, et son rôle.
  11. 11
    Qui ne se prononce pas, bien que figurant dans un mot.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how muet appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Il est sourd et muet.
  2. Il est sourd-muet.

Synonyms

aphone

Antonyms

bavard

This word in other languages

mute(English)mudo(Español)stumm(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • meut
  • mmuet
  • muett
  • mute
  • umet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of muet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

meut2mmuet1muett1mute2umet2
Edit distance from "muet"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muet"?
"muet" is spelled M-U-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \mɥɛ\.
What does "muet" mean?
As an adjective, "muet" means: Qui est privé de l’usage de la parole, naturellement ou par accident.
What words are commonly confused with "muet"?
"muet" is commonly confused with "mur", "mus", "mug". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muet" is \mɥɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muet" come from?
"muet" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "muet", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

make#10,029Land#10,023fuit#10,007cube#9,979

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

vase5 variantsXVIIe5 variantstuée5 variantssire5 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list