muter

/\my.te\/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,475

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

muter is aFrenchverb. It means: Changer de forme, voire évoluer. Pronounced \my.te\. Often confused with mutuel and mutiler.

Key facts for muter
PropertyValue
Headwordmuter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\my.te\
Letters5
Frequency rank#42,475
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for muter is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \my.te\. Corpus data places it at rank #42,475 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for muter, with forms such as "mmuter", "mtuer", and "muetr". 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, "mutuel", "mutiler", "mer", 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 muter, spelled M-U-T-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Changer de forme, voire évoluer.
  2. 2
    Sur un organisme, se perçoit comme une modification génétique ponctuelle ou plus importante qui soit silencieuse ou avec un changement physiologique.
  3. 3
    Changer d’endroit, d’emploi ou de lieu de travail.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmuter,mtuer,muetr,muterr,mutre,mutter,umter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for muter

Misspelling Variants of "muter"

mmuter6mtuer5muetr5muterr6mutre5mutter6umter5
Misspelling Variants of "muter"

Frequency rank: #42,475 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "muter"?
"muter" is spelled M-U-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \my.te\.
What does "muter" mean?
As a verb, "muter" means: Changer de forme, voire évoluer.
What words are commonly confused with "muter"?
"muter" is commonly confused with "mutuel", "mutiler", "mer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "muter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muter" is \my.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muter" come from?
"muter" 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.