mutiler

\my.ti.le\

/\my.ti.le\/ verb

The verdict

“mutiler” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #40,385. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,385
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retrancher un membre ou quelque autre partie extérieure du corps.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mutiler · mutiler · French

mutiler · rank #40,385 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,385
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH musica

Nearest frequency peer: musica (-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 « mutiler »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mutiler » 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).

mutiler vs mutilés
71% similar
mutiler vs muter
71% similar
mutiler vs métier
71% similar

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

Key facts for mutiler
PropertyValue
Headwordmutiler
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\my.ti.le\
Letters7
Frequency rank#40,385
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mutiler »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mutilerse 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 « musica » (#40,384), « mystery » (#40,386), « museler » (#40,383). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mutiler » est au #40,385. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around mutiler (IPA \my.ti.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,385 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for mutiler, with forms such as "mmutiler", "mtuiler", and "muitler". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "mutilés", "muter", "métier", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is mutiler, spelled M-U-T-I-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Retrancher un membre ou quelque autre partie extérieure du corps.
  2. 2
    Enlever un morceau, une partie d'œuvres d’art, d'ouvrages de l’esprit.
  3. 3
    Défigurer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. C'est sur-tout depuis quelque temps que j'ai été constamment appellé auprès des femmes mutilées par des accoucheurs et des matrônes mal-habiles que le nombre de ces victimes s'accroît tous les jours ; […]
  2. Mutiler quelqu’un d’un bras, d’un pied.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmutiler
  • mtuiler
  • muitler
  • mutielr
  • mutilerr
  • mutiller
  • mutilre
  • mutlier
  • muttiler
  • umtiler

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mutiler - 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.

mmutiler1mtuiler2muitler2mutielr2mutilerr1mutiller1mutilre2mutlier2
Edit distance from "mutiler"

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 "mutiler"?
"mutiler" is spelled M-U-T-I-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \my.ti.le\.
What does "mutiler" mean?
As a verb, "mutiler" means: Retrancher un membre ou quelque autre partie extérieure du corps.
What words are commonly confused with "mutiler"?
"mutiler" is commonly confused with "mutilés", "muter", "métier". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mutiler"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mutiler" 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 "mutiler" come from?
"mutiler" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list