muet comme une tombe
\mɥɛ kɔ.m‿yn tɔ̃b\
The verdict
“muet comme une tombe” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 20
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Garder obstinément le silence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-muet-comme-une-tombe · muet comme une tombe · French
muet comme une tombe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 20 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muet comme une tombe |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɥɛ kɔ.m‿yn tɔ̃b\ |
| Letters | 20 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « muet comme une tombe » en français
Rare enough to double-check
muet comme une tombe is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɥɛ kɔ.m‿yn tɔ̃b\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Garder obstinément le silence.".
muet comme une tombe doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is muet comme une tombe, spelled M-U-E-T- -C-O-M-M-E- -U-N-E- -T-O-M-B-E.
Definition
- 1Garder obstinément le silence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how muet comme une tombe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cet individu est muet comme une tombe.
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.