mutité

\my.ti.te\

/\my.ti.te\/ noun

The verdict

“mutité” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Privation de la parole, de la voix articulée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mutite · mutité · French

mutité · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for mutité
PropertyValue
Headwordmutité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\my.ti.te\
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « mutité » en français

mutitésiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mutité is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \my.ti.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Privation de la parole, de la voix articulée.".

mutité has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is mutité, spelled M-U-T-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Privation de la parole, de la voix articulée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Ils voyaient des choses quʼils nʼauraient pas dû voir, entendaient des choses quʼils nʼauraient pas dû entendre, subissaient des choses quʼils nʼauraient pas dû subir, cherchaient dans la mutité, dans la sidération, le silence quʼils ne parvenaient pas à trouver autour dʼeux.
  2. Jʼen conclus que si la Providence avait placé un des plus habiles [chirurgiens-barbiers] sur mon chemin si tôt le matin, cʼest que la suite à peine croyable des événements qui allaient marquer ma vie avait été expressément voulue par Elle : ma chute, lʼécrasement de mon larynx, lʼintervention du barbier, ma mutité et ma rencontre avec le cardinal Montalto.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mutité"?
"mutité" is spelled M-U-T-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \my.ti.te\.
What does "mutité" mean?
As a noun, "mutité" means: Privation de la parole, de la voix articulée.
How do you pronounce "mutité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mutité" is \my.ti.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mutité" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list