Which to use
“miner” and “muter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,047
- “miner” frequency rank
- #42,475
- “muter” frequency rank
- 67522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | miner | muter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Creuser par-dessous un terrain, un rocher pour provoquer un effondrement ou pour y placer une mine. | Changer de forme, voire évoluer. |
Where the eye mixes miner and muter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. miner and muter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses miner with muter
A purely visual mix-up. miner (\mi.ne\) and muter (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
miner is recorded at frequency rank #25,047, classified as averb, pronounced \mi.ne\. muter is at rank #42,475, tagged as averb, 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 67522, this pair ranks #63,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of miner vs muter
Shared letters: emr. Private to "miner": in. Private to "muter": tu.
"miner" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "muter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "miner" for "muter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "miner" vs "muter" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "miner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #63,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "miner" and "muter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier vs muter". 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 #63,071 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.