Which to use
“mouillé” is an adjective and “moule” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,622
- “mouillé” frequency rank
- #9,699
- “moule” frequency rank
- 22321
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mouillé | moule |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est imbibé ou recouvert de gouttes de liquide, généralement de l’eau ; humide. | Mollusque bivalve, comestible, dont la coquille est de forme oblongue. |
Where the eye mixes mouillé and moule
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mouillé runs 7 letters (CVVVCCV) against moule's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between mouillé and moule
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mouillé is \mu.je\ while moule is \mul\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22321, 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\. moule is at rank #9,699, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mul\.
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 22321, this pair ranks #358,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mouillé vs moule
Shared letters: lmou. Private to "mouillé": ié. Private to "moule": e.
"mouillé" · 7 letters · shape CVVVCCV · "moule" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- moule ← mmoule · molue · mouel · moulle · muole · omule
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mouillé" and "moule" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mouillé" vs "moule" - 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 "mouillé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moule" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mouillé" and "moule" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moquée vs moule". 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 #358,625 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.