Which to use
“moser” is a noun and “muter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,902
- “moser” frequency rank
- #42,475
- “muter” frequency rank
- 89377
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | moser | muter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petit bâton (en bois, en verre, en métal, etc.) terminé par une étoile, que l'on utilise pour diminuer le nombre de bulles dans une boisson que l’on juge trop gazeuse. | Changer de forme, voire évoluer. |
Letter map: moser vs muter
Shared letters muted; letters that set moser and muter apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. moser and muter follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: moser vs muter
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: moser is anoun and muteraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89377, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
moser is recorded at frequency rank #46,902, classified as anoun. 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 89377, this pair ranks #5,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of moser vs muter
Shared letters: emr. Private to "moser": os. Private to "muter": tu.
"moser" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "muter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "moser" for "muter" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "moser" or "muter" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "moser" and "muter".
- Full dictionary entry for "moser" 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 #5,862 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "moser" and "muter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meier vs moser". 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 #5,862 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.