Which to use
“muets” and “muettes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,948
- “muets” frequency rank
- #48,672
- “muettes” frequency rank
- 71620
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | muets | muettes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de muet. | Féminin pluriel de muet. |
Where the eye mixes muets and muettes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. muets runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against muettes's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses muets with muettes
A purely visual mix-up. muets (\mɥɛ\) and muettes (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71620, 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\. muettes is at rank #48,672, 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 71620, this pair ranks #46,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of muets vs muettes
Shared letters: emstu. Private to "muets": -. Private to "muettes": -.
"muets" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "muettes" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "muets" and "muettes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "muets" vs "muettes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "muets" and "muettes" 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 "muettes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "muets" and "muettes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mottes 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 #46,928 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.