Which to use
“mouton” and “moutons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,729
- “mouton” frequency rank
- #7,089
- “moutons” frequency rank
- 14818
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mouton | moutons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mammifère herbivore de la famille des ovidés, à poils laineux et frisés. | Pluriel de mouton. |
Same sound, different letters: mouton vs moutons
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. mouton runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against moutons's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - mouton / moutons
This is the hard kind. mouton and moutons are pronounced identically (\mu.tɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “mouton” sits inside “moutons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mouton is recorded at frequency rank #7,729, classified as anoun, pronounced \mu.tɔ̃\. moutons is at rank #7,089, tagged as anoun, pronounced \mu.tɔ̃\.
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 14818, this pair ranks #395,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mouton vs moutons
Shared letters: mnotu. Private to "mouton": -. Private to "moutons": s.
"mouton" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "moutons" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mouton" and "moutons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mouton" vs "moutons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "mouton" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "moutons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,096 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mouton" and "moutons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mouth vs mouton". 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 #395,096 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.