muet comme une carpe
\mɥɛ kɔ.m‿yn kaʁp\
The verdict
“muet comme une carpe” is outside the top-ranked French vocabulary, used as an adjective - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sans parole, sans voix, silencieux.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muet comme une carpe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɥɛ kɔ.m‿yn kaʁp\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “muet comme une carpe” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for muet comme une carpe is 20 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɥɛ kɔ.m‿yn kaʁp\. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Sans parole, sans voix, silencieux.".
muet comme une carpe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is muet comme une carpe, spelled M-U-E-T- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -C-A-R-P-E.
Definition
- 1Sans parole, sans voix, silencieux.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “muet comme une carpe”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is M-U-E-T- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -C-A-R-P-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \mɥɛ kɔ.m‿yn kaʁp\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
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.