Which to use
“mouillée” is an adjective and “mouiller” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,007
- “mouillée” frequency rank
- #16,187
- “mouiller” frequency rank
- 38194
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mouillée | mouiller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de mouillé. | Rendre humide, imbiber un objet de liquide. |
Same sound, different letters: mouillée vs mouiller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. mouillée (CVVVCCVV) and mouiller (CVVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - mouillée and mouiller
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mouillée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38194, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mouillée is recorded at frequency rank #22,007, 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 38194, this pair ranks #256,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mouillée vs mouiller
Shared letters: eilmou. Private to "mouillée": é. Private to "mouiller": r.
"mouillée" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVV · "mouiller" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mouiller ← mmouiller · moiuller · mouilelr · mouiler · mouillerr · mouillre · mouliler · muoiller
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mouillée" and "mouiller" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mouillée" or "mouiller"?
What to do next
"mouillée" and "mouiller" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mouillée" 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 #256,994 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mouillée" and "mouiller" 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 #256,994 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.