Which to use
“muets” and “muette” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,948
- “muets” frequency rank
- #18,540
- “muette” frequency rank
- 41488
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muets | muette |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de muet. | Féminin singulier de muet. |
Where the eye mixes muets and muette
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: muets vs muette
A purely visual mix-up. muets (\mɥɛ\) and muette (\mɥɛt\) 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 41488, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
muets is recorded at frequency rank #22,948, classified as anadj, pronounced \mɥɛ\. muette is at rank #18,540, tagged as anadj, pronounced \mɥɛt\.
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 41488, this pair ranks #232,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of muets vs muette
Shared letters: emtu. Private to "muets": s. Private to "muette": -.
"muets" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "muette" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "muets" for "muette" ever safe?
Frequency check: "muets" vs "muette" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "muets" and "muette" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "muets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "muette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #232,721 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muets" and "muette" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muets vs muettes". 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 #232,721 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.