mutuel

\my.tɥɛl\

/\my.tɥɛl\/ adj

The verdict

“mutuel” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,427. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,427
frequency rank, French
5,038
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est réciproque entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, entre deux ou plusieurs choses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-mutuel · mutuel · French

mutuel · rank #12,427 · 8 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,427
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,038
  • PHOTO-FINISH multiple

Nearest frequency peer: multiple (-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 « mutuel »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « mutuel » 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).

mutuel vs mutuels
86% similar
mutuel vs mutuelle
75% similar
mutuel vs mutuelles
67% similar

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

Key facts for mutuel
PropertyValue
Headwordmutuel
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\my.tɥɛl\
Letters6
Frequency rank#12,427
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « mutuel »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).mutuelse 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 « multiple » (#12,426), « narrateur » (#12,428), « multinationales » (#12,425). Parmi 5,038 lemmes en « M », « mutuel » est au #12,427. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around mutuel (IPA \my.tɥɛl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,427 among 5,038 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui est réciproque entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, entre deux ou plusieurs choses.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for mutuel, with forms such as "mmutuel", "mtuuel", and "muteul". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "mutuels", "mutuelle", "mutuelles", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is mutuel, spelled M-U-T-U-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est réciproque entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, entre deux ou plusieurs choses.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […]; et quand elles se parlaient, c'était avec politesse, mais avec une mutuelle indifférence.
  2. L'évêque constitutionnel de Rhône-et-Loire : Lamourette, ayant conjuré ses collègues de s'unir « pour rendre l'ordre à l'Empire et la sécurité à la nation », l’inimaginable s'était produit : Feuillants et Jacobins, la Montagne et la Plaine, avaient oublié leur mutuel soupçon, leurs accusations réciproques, en se jurant de ne plus songer qu'au salut public.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • mmutuel
  • mtuuel
  • muteul
  • muttuel
  • mutuell
  • mutule
  • muutel
  • umtuel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mutuel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

mmutuel1mtuuel2muteul2muttuel1mutuell1mutule2muutel2umtuel2
Edit distance from "mutuel"

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 "mutuel"?
"mutuel" is spelled M-U-T-U-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is \my.tɥɛl\.
What does "mutuel" mean?
As an adjective, "mutuel" means: Qui est réciproque entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, entre deux ou plusieurs choses.
What words are commonly confused with "mutuel"?
"mutuel" is commonly confused with "mutuels", "mutuelle", "mutuelles". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mutuel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mutuel" is \my.tɥɛl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mutuel" come from?
"mutuel" 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 "mutuel", 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 (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list