Which to use
“mouiller” is a verb and “mouillés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,187
- “mouiller” frequency rank
- #23,946
- “mouillés” frequency rank
- 40133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mouiller | mouillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rendre humide, imbiber un objet de liquide. | Masculin pluriel de mouillé. |
Same sound, different letters: mouiller vs mouillés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. mouiller and mouillés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: mouiller vs mouillés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: mouiller and mouillés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \mu.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 40133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mouiller is recorded at frequency rank #16,187, classified as averb, 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 40133, this pair ranks #242,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mouiller vs mouillés
Shared letters: ilmou. Private to "mouiller": er. Private to "mouillés": sé.
"mouiller" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC · "mouillés" · 8 letters · shape CVVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mouiller ← mmouiller · moiuller · mouilelr · mouiler · mouillerr · mouillre · mouliler · muoiller
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mouiller" and "mouillés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mouiller" or "mouillés"?
After this comparison
"mouiller" and "mouillés" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "mouiller" 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 #242,795 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mouiller" and "mouillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mouillées vs mouillés". 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 #242,795 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.