muettes

/\mɥɛt\/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,672

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

muettes is anFrenchadj. It means: Féminin pluriel de muet. Pronounced \mɥɛt\. Often confused with musette and mette.

Key facts for muettes
PropertyValue
Headwordmuettes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdj
IPA\mɥɛt\
Letters7
Frequency rank#48,672
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for muettes is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \mɥɛt\. Corpus data places it at rank #48,672 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Féminin pluriel de muet.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for muettes, with forms such as "meuttes", "mmuettes", and "muetes". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "musette", "mette", "muets", 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 muettes, spelled M-U-E-T-T-E-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de muet.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: meuttes,mmuettes,muetes,muetets,muettess,muettse,mutetes,umettes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for muettes

Misspelling Variants of "muettes"

meuttes7mmuettes8muetes6muetets7muettess8muettse7mutetes7umettes7
Misspelling Variants of "muettes"

Frequency rank: #48,672 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muettes"?
"muettes" is spelled M-U-E-T-T-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \mɥɛt\.
What does "muettes" mean?
As an adj, "muettes" means: Féminin pluriel de muet.
What words are commonly confused with "muettes"?
"muettes" is commonly confused with "musette", "mette", "muets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muettes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muettes" is \mɥɛt\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muettes" come from?
"muettes" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.