muette

\mɥɛt\

/\mɥɛt\/ adj

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The verdict

“muette” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #18,540) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#18,540
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin singulier de muet.

Corpus desk

Index FR-muette · muette · French

muette · rank #18,540 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,540
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH movie

Nearest frequency peer: movie (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « muette »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « muette » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

muette vs muté
50% similar
muette vs musette
86% similar
muette vs muettes
86% similar

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

Key facts for muette
PropertyValue
Headwordmuette
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\mɥɛt\
Letters6
Frequency rank#18,540
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « muette »

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

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « movie » (#18,539), « Muriel » (#18,541), « Most » (#18,538). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « muette » est au #18,540. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for muette is neighbouring look-alikes ("muté", "musette", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced \mɥɛt\. Frequency #18,540 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Féminin singulier de muet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for muette, with forms such as "mmuette", "muetet", and "mutete". 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, "muté", "musette", "muettes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is muette, spelled M-U-E-T-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin singulier de muet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les paroles et les attentions de Francine trouvèrent Marie muette, elle sembla dormir les yeux ouverts ; et cette longue journée s’écoula sans qu’un geste ou une action indiquassent cette vie extérieure qui rend témoignage de nos pensées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmuette
  • muetet
  • mutete
  • umette

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

mmuette1muetet2mutete2umette2
Edit distance from "muette"

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 "muette"?
"muette" is spelled M-U-E-T-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \mɥɛt\.
What does "muette" mean?
As an adjective, "muette" means: Féminin singulier de muet.
What words are commonly confused with "muette"?
"muette" is commonly confused with "muté", "musette", "muettes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muette"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muette" is \mɥɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muette" come from?
"muette" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Muriel#18,541nettes#18,543noyaux#18,546mirror#18,533

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list