Which to use
“mouth” is a noun and “muté” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,308
- “mouth” frequency rank
- #24,292
- “muté” frequency rank
- 70600
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mouth | muté |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bouche. | Se dit d’un vin dont la fermentation a été stoppée par l’ajout d’alcool ou d'acide sulfureux lui permettant ainsi de garder des sucres résiduels. |
Where the eye mixes mouth and muté
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: mouth vs muté
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mouth is \ˈmaʊθ\ while muté is \my.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mouth is recorded at frequency rank #46,308, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈmaʊθ\. muté is at rank #24,292, tagged as anadj, pronounced \my.te\.
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 70600, this pair ranks #50,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mouth vs muté
Shared letters: mtu. Private to "mouth": ho. Private to "muté": é.
"mouth" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "muté" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mouth ← mmouth · motuh · mouht · mouthh · moutth · muoth · omuth
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mouth" and "muté" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mouth" or "muté"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "mouth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muté" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #50,738 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mouth" and "muté" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Moura vs mouth". 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 #50,738 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.