Which to use
“miette” is a noun and “muettes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,136
- “miette” frequency rank
- #48,672
- “muettes” frequency rank
- 79808
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | miette | muettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Une des petites parties qui tombent du pain quand on le coupe, ou qui restent quand on a mangé. | Féminin pluriel de muet. |
Where the eye mixes miette and muettes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. miette runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against muettes's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between miette and muettes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: miette is \mjɛt\ while muettes is \mɥɛt\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79808, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
miette is recorded at frequency rank #31,136, classified as anoun, pronounced \mjɛt\. muettes is at rank #48,672, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɥɛt\.
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 79808, this pair ranks #22,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of miette vs muettes
Shared letters: emt. Private to "miette": i. Private to "muettes": su.
"miette" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "muettes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "miette" and "muettes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "miette" or "muettes"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "miette" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #22,443 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "miette" and "muettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mottes vs muettes". 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 #22,443 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.