Which to use
“muer” and “muter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,671
- “muer” frequency rank
- #42,475
- “muter” frequency rank
- 91146
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muer | muter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Changer de poil, de plumes, de peau, etc., en parlant des animaux. | Changer de forme, voire évoluer. |
Where the eye mixes muer and muter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. muer runs 4 letters (CVVC) against muter's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses muer with muter
A purely visual mix-up. muer (\mɥe\) and muter (\my.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muer is recorded at frequency rank #48,671, classified as averb, pronounced \mɥe\. muter is at rank #42,475, tagged as averb, 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 91146, this pair ranks #4,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of muer vs muter
Shared letters: emru. Private to "muer": -. Private to "muter": t.
"muer" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "muter" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "muer" and "muter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "muer" or "muter" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "muer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,095 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muer" and "muter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mud vs muer". 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 #4,095 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.