Which to use
“mouillé” is an adjective and “mouiller” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,622
- “mouillé” frequency rank
- #16,187
- “mouiller” frequency rank
- 28809
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mouillé | mouiller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est imbibé ou recouvert de gouttes de liquide, généralement de l’eau ; humide. | Rendre humide, imbiber un objet de liquide. |
Same sound, different letters: mouillé vs mouiller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. mouillé runs 7 letters (CVVVCCV) against mouiller's 8 (CVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - mouillé and mouiller
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mouillé and mouiller carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mu.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28809, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mouillé is recorded at frequency rank #12,622, classified as anadj, pronounced \mu.je\. mouiller is at rank #16,187, tagged as averb, 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 28809, this pair ranks #320,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mouillé vs mouiller
Shared letters: ilmou. Private to "mouillé": é. Private to "mouiller": er.
"mouillé" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "mouiller" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mouiller ← mmouiller · moiuller · mouilelr · mouiler · mouillerr · mouillre · mouliler · muoiller
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mouillé" and "mouiller" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mouillé" vs "mouiller" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mouillé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mouiller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #320,569 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mouillé" and "mouiller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mouillées vs mouiller". 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 #320,569 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.