Which to use
“maure” and “muté” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,856
- “maure” frequency rank
- #24,292
- “muté” frequency rank
- 54148
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maure | muté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui concerne les Maures ou leur culture. | Se dit d’un vin dont la fermentation a été stoppée par l’ajout d’alcool ou d'acide sulfureux lui permettant ainsi de garder des sucres résiduels. |
Where the eye mixes maure and muté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between maure and muté
A purely visual mix-up. maure (\mɔʁ\) and muté (\my.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54148, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maure is recorded at frequency rank #29,856, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɔʁ\. muté is at rank #24,292, tagged as anadj, pronounced \my.te\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 54148, this pair ranks #135,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maure vs muté
Shared letters: mu. Private to "maure": aer. Private to "muté": té.
"maure" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "muté" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- maure ← amure · marue · mauer · maurre · mmaure · muare
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "maure" and "muté" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "maure" vs "muté" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "maure" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,947 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maure" and "muté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magret vs maure". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #135,947 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.