Which to use
“mouillage” is a noun and “mouillée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,454
- “mouillage” frequency rank
- #22,007
- “mouillée” frequency rank
- 51461
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mouillage | mouillée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de mouiller. | Féminin singulier de mouillé. |
Where the eye mixes mouillage and mouillée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. mouillage runs 9 letters (CVVVCCVCV) against mouillée's 8 (CVVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mouillage vs mouillée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mouillage is \mu.jaʒ\ while mouillée is \mu.je\. 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 51461, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mouillage is recorded at frequency rank #29,454, classified as anoun, pronounced \mu.jaʒ\. mouillée is at rank #22,007, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mu.je\.
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 51461, this pair ranks #154,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mouillage vs mouillée
Shared letters: eilmou. Private to "mouillage": ag. Private to "mouillée": é.
"mouillage" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCCVCV · "mouillée" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mouillage ← mmouillage · moiullage · mouilage · mouilalge · mouillaeg · mouillagge · mouillgae · moulilage
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mouillage" and "mouillée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mouillage" vs "mouillée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mouillage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mouillée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #154,823 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mouillage" and "mouillée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mouillée vs mouillées". 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 #154,823 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.