Which to use
“mitigés” is an adjective and “mutilés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,871
- “mitigés” frequency rank
- #33,358
- “mutilés” frequency rank
- 74229
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mitigés | mutilés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de mitigé. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de mutiler. |
Letter map: mitigés vs mutilés
Shared letters muted; letters that set mitigés and mutilés apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. mitigés and mutilés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: mitigés vs mutilés
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mitigés is anadjective and mutilésaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mitigés is recorded at frequency rank #40,871, classified as anadj. mutilés is at rank #33,358, 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 74229, this pair ranks #37,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mitigés vs mutilés
Shared letters: imsté. Private to "mitigés": g. Private to "mutilés": lu.
"mitigés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "mutilés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mitigés" and "mutilés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "mitigés" or "mutilés" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mitigés" and "mutilés".
- Full dictionary entry for "mitigés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mutilés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mitigés" and "mutilés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mitigées vs mitigés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #37,808 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.