muet

/\mɥɛ\/ adj

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,034

in French word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

muet is anFrenchadj. It means: Qui est privé de l’usage de la parole, naturellement ou par accident. Pronounced \mɥɛ\. Often confused with mur and mus.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of muet in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for muet is 4 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɥɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #10,034 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for muet, with forms such as "meut", "mmuet", and "muett". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is muet, spelled M-U-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: meut,mmuet,muett,mute,umet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for muet

Misspelling Variants of "muet"

meut4mmuet5muett5mute4umet4
Misspelling Variants of "muet"

Frequency rank: #10,034 in French

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 adj, "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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.