Which to use
“mouillées” and “mouillés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,926
- “mouillées” frequency rank
- #23,946
- “mouillés” frequency rank
- 62872
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mouillées | mouillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de mouillé. | Masculin pluriel de mouillé. |
Same sound, different letters: mouillées vs mouillés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. mouillées runs 9 letters (CVVVCCVVC) against mouillés's 8 (CVVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: mouillées vs mouillés
This is the hard kind. mouillées and mouillés are pronounced identically (\mu.je\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mouillées is recorded at frequency rank #38,926, classified as anadj, pronounced \mu.je\. mouillés is at rank #23,946, 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 62872, this pair ranks #84,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mouillées vs mouillés
Shared letters: ilmosué. Private to "mouillées": e. Private to "mouillés": -.
"mouillées" · 9 letters · shape CVVVCCVVC · "mouillés" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mouillées" for "mouillés" ever safe?
Which is more common, "mouillées" or "mouillés"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mouillées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mouillés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #84,812 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mouillées" and "mouillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mouillée vs mouillées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #84,812 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.