Which to use
“meules” and “mulet” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,908
- “meules” frequency rank
- #32,921
- “mulet” frequency rank
- 65829
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meules | mulet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de meule. | Équidé mâle né d’un âne et d’une jument, ou d’un cheval et d’une ânesse (on dit plus précisément dans ce cas bardot), et généralement stérile. |
Where the eye mixes meules and mulet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. meules runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against mulet's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses meules with mulet
A purely visual mix-up. meules (\møl\) and mulet (\my.lɛ\) 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 65829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meules is recorded at frequency rank #32,908, classified as anoun, pronounced \møl\. mulet is at rank #32,921, tagged as anoun, pronounced \my.lɛ\.
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 65829, this pair ranks #70,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meules vs mulet
Shared letters: elmu. Private to "meules": s. Private to "mulet": t.
"meules" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "mulet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "meules" for "mulet" ever safe?
Which is more common, "meules" or "mulet"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "meules" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mulet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #70,583 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meules" and "mulet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muer vs mulet". 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 #70,583 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.