mutilé

\my.ti.le\

/\my.ti.le\/ verb

The verdict

“mutilé” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,272. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,272
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe mutiler.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mutile · mutilé · French

mutilé · rank #30,272 · 9 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,272
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH musicienne

Nearest frequency peer: musicienne (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « mutilé »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « mutilé » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

mutilé vs mutins
67% similar
mutilé vs mutilés
86% similar
mutilé vs mutisme
57% similar

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

Key facts for mutilé
PropertyValue
Headwordmutilé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\my.ti.le\
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,272
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mutilé »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « musicienne » (#30,271), « mésaventure » (#30,274), « montrées » (#30,269). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mutilé » est au #30,272. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around mutilé (IPA \my.ti.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #30,272 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe mutiler.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mutilé, with forms such as "mmutilé", "mtuilé", and "muitlé". 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, "mutins", "mutilés", "mutisme", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is mutilé, spelled M-U-T-I-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe mutiler.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Non, messieurs dames de Saint-Pierre, Romulus n’est pas encore une nouvelle fois à vantardiser parce que le rhum lui est monté à la tête, parce que les Mexicains l’ont mutilé, parce que plus aucune femme ne veut s’allonger à ses côtés dans sa case pouilleuse de La Galère.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmutilé
  • mtuilé
  • muitlé
  • mutile
  • mutillé
  • mutiél
  • mutlié
  • muttilé
  • umtilé

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mutilé - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

mmutilé1mtuilé2muitlé2mutile1mutillé1mutiél2mutlié2muttilé1
Edit distance from "mutilé"

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 "mutilé"?
"mutilé" is spelled M-U-T-I-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is \my.ti.le\.
What does "mutilé" mean?
As a verb, "mutilé" means: Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe mutiler.
What words are commonly confused with "mutilé"?
"mutilé" is commonly confused with "mutins", "mutilés", "mutisme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mutilé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mutilé" is \my.ti.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mutilé" come from?
"mutilé" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list