Which to use
“mile” is a noun and “mutilé” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,682
- “mile” frequency rank
- #30,272
- “mutilé” frequency rank
- 45954
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mile | mutilé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de mesure de longueur anglo-saxonne, valant 1,760 yards (verges), soit 5,280 pieds, ou encore exactement 1 609,344 mètres. Son symbole est mi. | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe mutiler. |
Where the eye mixes mile and mutilé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. mile runs 4 letters (CVCV) against mutilé's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mile vs mutilé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mile is \majl\ while mutilé is \my.ti.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mile is recorded at frequency rank #15,682, classified as anoun, pronounced \majl\. mutilé is at rank #30,272, tagged as averb, pronounced \my.ti.le\.
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 45954, this pair ranks #198,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mile vs mutilé
Shared letters: ilm. Private to "mile": e. Private to "mutilé": tué.
"mile" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mutilé" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mile ← imle · mlie · mmile
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mile" for "mutilé" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "mile" or "mutilé" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mile" and "mutilé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutilé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mile" and "mutilé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mutilé vs mutins". 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 #198,755 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.